Image of a side view of a parade float driven by four horses with two postilions on horseback and two firefighters, one holding the pipe, two link-boys with lanterns, and a hand-pump manual fire engine labeled "15"; the image depicts a float in the Grand Canal Celebration for the opening of the Erie Canal in New York City on November 4, 1825. Date based on publication of image in the "Appendix, containing an account of the commemoration of the completion of the Erie Canal, by the Corporation of the City of New York. New York : By order of the Common Council, 1826" that was bound with "Memoir, prepared at the request of a committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and presented to the Mayor of the City, at the celebration of the completion of the New York canals" by Cadwallader Colden. "W.P. Morgan, delt."--text, bottom left margin. "Lithography of Imbert & Co. New York."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 18.89 x 24.13 cm (7 7/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865 Erie Canal (N.Y.)--History--19th century Fire departments Fire engines--Pictorial works Fire extinction--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works Fire fighters--Pictorial works Parades--Pictorial works Engine No. 15 Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Firefighting Small Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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