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[The ready and alert position of the steam fire engine of the Fire Brigade] – Historic Print

[The ready and alert position of the steam fire engine of the Fire Brigade], [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[The ready and alert position of the steam fire engine of the Fire Brigade], [between 1880 and 1893]. 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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A window into the past: [The ready and alert position of the steam fire engine of the Fire Brigade], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[The ready and alert position of the steam fire engine of the Fire Brigade]

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This photograph shows a steam fire engine of Istanbul's fire brigade posed in its ready and alert position, with the horses that pulled it standing in harness. The caption, written in Ottoman Turkish and French, identifies it as number 23 in an album documenting the brigade's personnel and equipment. Steam pumpers were a major advance over hand-operated pumps, and they let crews reach and fight blazes faster in a city where timber buildings and crowded neighborhoods made fire a constant threat. The album belonged to the collection assembled for Sultan Abdul-Hamid II, whose reign from 1876 to 1909 included deliberate efforts to modernize Ottoman public services.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenreGelatin silver prints 1880-1900.
NotesTitle translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 23. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsSteam engines--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Fire fighters--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Horses--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Fire engines & equipment--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,346 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-153505

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