Image of an African American fire brigade, with "40" written on their shirts, standing in two rows and tipping their helmets towards Columbia, the goddess of Liberty, who emerges in the center of the image from the sky with American flags and an eagle; one man stands between the rows of firemen pulling a toy fire engine. Probable date based on 1880 newspaper advertisement for Haverly's show that notes "The Old Chicago Volunteer Fire Department, Introducing the famous 40 Engine" in the Chicago Tribune, 16 May 1880, page 16. "J.H. Haverly / Proprietor."--text, upper left. "Wm. Foote / Manager"--text, upper right. "Strobridge Lithograph Co., Cincinnati."--text, bottom right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 61.28 x 91.44 cm (24 1/8 x 36 in.)
Haverly’s United American-European Mastodon Minstrels African Americans--Performances & portrayals African Americans--Pictorial works Blackface entertainers--Pictorial works Columbia (Symbolic character)--Pictorial works Fire fighters--Pictorial works Minstrel shows Volunteer fire departments--Pictorial works Haverly's Minstrels Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Minstrel The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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