The American fireman: rushing to the conflict – Historic Reproduction
![The American fireman: rushing to the conflict, [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1858. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/37/373160ecb4d0-L.webp)
(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 The American fireman: rushing to the conflict, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Currier & Ives' 1858 lithograph "The American Fireman: Rushing to the Conflict" shows volunteer firefighters charging toward a blaze, a subject that was a staple of mid-century American printmaking. Volunteer fire companies in cities like New York were rival social clubs as much as public services, and their races to fires often ended in brawls between companies. Currier & Ives produced many such scenes for a popular market, and prints like this one capture both the drama of the work and the rough-and-tumble competition that defined the volunteer era before paid municipal departments took over.
| Created / published | [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1858. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0168. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,027 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110334 |
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