A Philadelphia fire department engine responding to a fire alarm – Antique 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 historic photograph of A Philadelphia fire department engine responding to a fire alarm brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A Philadelphia fire department engine responding to a fire alarm
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A fire company rolling out to an alarm in Philadelphia gives this stereograph its subject, caught in the moment of response on a busy city street. Stereo cards like this were mass-produced for parlor viewers, and this one was copyrighted by C.H. Graves of the Universal Photo Art Co. and numbered 5150-A in the publisher's series. Photographs of this kind from around 1905 show the transition period when horse-drawn apparatus was still common, though motorized vehicles were beginning to appear in fire departments. The record's details are unverified, so the exact engine and location remain uncertain.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by C.H. Graves (The Universal Photo Art Co.). No. 5150-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa.--Phila.--Bldgs.; Photog. I.; Photographers...; BI--BUSINESS; Fires; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,405 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141268 |
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