This certifies that _____ is a member of____ company. no.___ Fire department. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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This certifies that _____ is a member of____ company. no.___ Fire department.
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Unlike the engine scenes on this board, this lithograph is a blank membership certificate, with spaces left for a member's name and a company number. Currier & Ives, the New York firm famous for its popular prints, issued it around 1889. Volunteer fire companies in American cities were civic and social institutions as well as firefighting crews, and members often displayed decorative certificates like this one. The printed fire engine and ornamental border show how the firm turned a practical document into something worth hanging on a wall.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1889. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6482 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,961 × 3,607 px · prints to 10 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif01576_Thiscertifiesthatisamemberofco |
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