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N.Y.'s old type horse drawn fire engine – Vintage Print

N.Y.'s old type horse drawn fire engine, n/a — historic photograph
N.Y.'s old type horse drawn fire engine, n/a. 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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This rare historic photograph captures N.Y.'s old type horse drawn fire engine in remarkable 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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N.Y.'s old type horse drawn fire engine

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A horse-drawn fire engine of an older design, labeled as New York's, makes this picture a record of the city's firefighting equipment before motor apparatus took over. Fire companies in American cities relied on teams of horses to pull engines through crowded streets, often at a gallop, and many departments switched to motorized trucks in the 1910s. The caption comes from the Bain News Service, a press photo agency whose glass negatives were later gathered into the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress. The record does not confirm the engine's exact model, date, or station, so the title should be read as the photographer's note. The image is still useful for seeing how the horses, harness, and apparatus were arranged.

Created / publishedn/a
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan1,071 × 784 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-15375

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