Image of an eye-level view of firefighters pulling a steam fire engine through a deserted city street at night towards the flames of a burning building in the background; the fire engine is labeled "Little Giant" and has "3" on the light. Date based on general printer history; Armstrong, McLellan, and Green were partners from 1871 into 1872. "Armstrong, McLellan & Green, lith, 15 Bowker St. Boston."--text, lower center margin. "H.C. Silsby. / Horace Silsby. / Frank J. Silsby."--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 46.04 x 55.88 cm (18 1/8 x 22 in.)
Commercial streets--Pictorial works Fire engines--Design and construction--Pictorial works Fire engines--Pictorial works Fire extinction--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works Fire fighters--Pictorial works Fires--Pictorial works Steam-engines--Pictorial works Silsby Manufacturing Company Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Firefighting Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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