Image of an elevation view of the side of a red-and-green painted hook and ladder truck with firefighting equipment including ladders, hand buckets, a fire extinguisher, lanterns, an ax, and rope. Date span based on printer's history; Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann operated from Warren Street between 1879 and 1885. "MARoone"--text, artist's signature reversed, bottom left margin. "Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, Lith 21-25 Warren St., N.Y."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 35.88 x 55.88 cm (14 1/8 x 22 in.)
Fire engines--Design and construction--Pictorial works Fire engines--Pictorial works Fire extinction--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works Cowing & Gleason Manufacturing Company Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (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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