Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1980.026.0958 |
Object Name |
Picture |
Description |
Reprint from lithograph by N. Currier, copyrighted 1854, "The Life of a Fireman. The race. -- "Jump her boys, jump her." Shows firemen racing through the streets in helmets and boots pulling a four-wheeled hose cart in the foreground, with another cart being pulled alongside. Two firemen at the front have megaphones in hand. Several men are wearing street hats & top hats. The clock in the tower in the background says 1:30. |
Date |
1854 |
Dated from |
1854 |
Notes |
Page is 11 x 16, the bottom was cut off -- possibly a calendar, and is mounted on 12 x 17 cardboard backing. |