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[Portrait of fireman from the Perseverance Hose Company] – Vintage Photo Print

[Portrait of fireman from the Perseverance Hose Company], [between 1850 and 1860] — historic photograph
[Portrait of fireman from the Perseverance Hose Company], [between 1850 and 1860]. Historic photograph from the Fire Engines collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Portrait of fireman from the Perseverance Hose Company], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A volunteer firefighter from the Perseverance Hose Company poses for the camera in this salt print, one of the earliest methods for making photographs on paper. Salted paper prints were made in the 1850s, before albumen paper largely replaced them around 1860, and they have a soft, warm tone that sets them apart from later prints. Volunteer hose companies of this period were social clubs as much as working crews, and their members often took pride in their uniforms and equipment. The Library of Congress holds the print in the Marian S. Carson Collection, and it was shown in the 2002 exhibition *American Treasures of the Library of Congress*.

Created / published[between 1850 and 1860]
Medium1 photographic print : salt.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Salted paper prints 1850-1860.
NotesMarian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2002. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 199:126.
SubjectsFire fighters--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,257 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-198421

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