Image of an eye-level street view of the intersection of Church Street and Murray Street in New York City on a moonlight night with firefighters fighting a fire in a burning building labeled "James T. White & Co.," "Hook [S?R] & Co.," and "W. [?] Wilson Towns" from the ground, the rooftops, and on ladders with steam fire engines and hoses in the foreground, the City Hall in the background, and surrounding buildings labeled "Church St.," "White Goods," "33 R.H. Hinsdale," and "Murray St." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York"--text, bottom center margin. "C. Parsons, Del."--text, bottom left margin. "Lith. Currier & Ives, N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. "New York Published By Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed hand colored ; overall 56.36 x 76.2 cm (22 3/16 x 30 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 Fires--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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