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Title
Wm. Jeffers & Co. Builders of : end & side stroke engines. Pawtucket. R.I
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
Image of an elevation view of the side of Pacific Engine 8 of San Francisco, California, a manual fire engine with the carriage body and head light decorated with the number "8," the condenser case labeled "Pacific," and the hose labeled "Conquer We Must, Our Cause Is Just."
Date range based on general builder and engine history; Jeffers began focusing on steam engines around 1861. "Pacific Engine 8. San Francisco, Cal."--text, bottom center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 45.72 x 57.15 cm (18 x 22 1/2 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_FIRE_001495
406349
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2858
Subject
Fire departments
Fire engines--Design and construction--Pictorial works
Fire engines--Pictorial works
Fire extinction--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works
Wm. Jeffers & Company
Pacific Engine Company No. 8
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Place
San Francisco (Calif.)
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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