The life of a fireman: the night alarm--start her lively boys."" – Vintage Print
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The life of a fireman: the night alarm--start her lively boys."" comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The life of a fireman: the night alarm--start her lively boys.""
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Firefighters rushing to a blaze in the middle of the night are the focus of this hand-colored lithograph, which carries the caption "start her lively boys." Louis Maurer, who drew many of the firm's scenes of city life, signed the image, and Currier & Ives issued it in New York around 1854. The print belongs to the firm's long-running "Life of a Fireman" series, which portrayed volunteer companies as romantic, heroic figures at a time when fire engines were pulled and operated by hand and rival companies often raced to reach a fire first. Its bright color and dramatic energy made it a popular image of urban life in the 1850s.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1854. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Artist: Louis Maurer (signature on image). Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3786 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,111 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-175517 |
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