Image of a firefighter's membership certificate from the Gold Hill Fire Department of Gold Hill, Nevada, made out in manuscript to H. H. Flagg and dated May 22, 1867, with multiple vignettes including bare-chested goddesses riding two horses, with one holding a triton; a manual fire engine and a steam fire engine; a firefighter returning a rescued baby to its mother; a wounded firefighter on a mattress being nursed by a young woman while another fireman on a ladder behind them lowers a bundle tied in a rope; two eye-level exterior views of firehouses, both labeled "Yellow Jacket Engine Ho."; and an elevated landscape view presumably of the town of Gold Hill, Nevada; the certificate and vignettes are decorated with borders containing ivy leaves, bean pods, grapes, and other plants and firefighting equipment including fire hydrants, hoses, ladders, hats, speaking trumpets, a lantern, censers, and axes. Date based on year certificate was issued to recipient. "Lith. H.S. Crocker & Co. S.F. Cala."--text, bottom left of image. "This is to certify H.H. Flagg was on the 22nd.. day of May 1867 duly elected an active member of Yellow Jacket No. 2 Company No. 2 attached to the Gold Hill Fire Department John T. Riorden President. [blank] Chief Engineer. Wm. H. Cremer [?] Secretary."--text of certificate, printed and handwritten.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 55.25 x 68.9 cm (21 3/4 x 27 1/8 in.)
Gold Hill (Nev.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Fire departments Fire engines--Pictorial works Fire extinction--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works Fire stations--Pictorial works Fires--Pictorial works Landscapes--Pictorial works Rescues--Pictorial works Gold Hill Fire Department Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Certificates. (gmgpc)
Place
Gold Hill (Nev.)
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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