Image of a side view of a steam fire engine, with a driver and two horses, and seven firefighters, some wearing hats labeled "S F E" and holding fire hoses, standing around the vehicle outdoors; the engine's cylinder is labeled "Amoskeag" and has hoses attached including one labeled "Boyd's Patent Hose." Date based on printer history; Julius Mayer and Charles Stetfield were partners in 1861. "Mayer & Stetfield's Lith. 97 State St. Boston."--text, lower left margin. "Wm. Amory Treas. / City Exchange Boston Mass."--text, bottom left margin. "E.A. Straw Agent. / Manchester N.H."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 49.53 x 70.8 cm (19 1/2 x 27 7/8 in.)
Fire departments Fire engines--Design and construction--Pictorial works Fire engines--Pictorial works Fire extinction--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works Fire fighters--Pictorial works Steam-engines--Pictorial works Amoskeag 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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