The American fireman: rushing to the conflict – Historic Print
![The American fireman: rushing to the conflict, [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1858. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5c/5c712cc8d9de-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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A window into the past: The American fireman: rushing to the conflict, preserved in this antique lithograph. 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 issued this 1858 lithograph, "The American Fireman: Rushing to the Conflict," at a moment when volunteer fire companies were among the most visible and combative civic groups in American cities. The print shows firemen racing a hand-pulled engine through the street, a scene the firm's lithographers rendered for a public that loved the pageantry and rivalry of the volunteer era. Fire companies in New York and other cities often fought each other over turf and status, which gives the title its double edge. Collectors know the image through the Currier & Ives catalog raisonné, where it is recorded as a standard lithograph of the decade.
| 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 | 2,415 × 2,993 px · prints to 8 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif01571_TheAmericanfiremanrushingtothe |
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