Image of an eye-level view of a New York City street with firefighters fighting a fire amid the ruins of a damaged building with manual fire engines, a fire hose carriage, and hook and ladder truck in the street; firefighters attach hoses to a fire hydrant in the center foreground, with spectators watching from the sidewalk and surrounding buildings, and trees and a church steeple are visible in the distance. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y."--text, bottom center margin. "L. Maurer, Del."--text, bottom left margin. "L. Maurer"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom right of image. "Lith. By N. Currier"--text, bottom right margin. "New York, Published By N. Currier, 115 Nassau Street."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed hand colored ; overall 53.66 x 73.03 cm (21 1/8 x 28 3/4 in.)
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Commercial streets--Pictorial works Fire engines--Pictorial works Fire extinction--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works Fire fighters--Pictorial works Fires--Pictorial works Ruins--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Place
New York (N.Y.)
Source
Huntington Prints and Ephemera Collection Firefighting Large Size Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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