History of civic services in the city of New York Fire Department No. 3 (S) A steam eng – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of History of civic services in the city of New York Fire Department No. 3 (S) A steam eng. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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History of civic services in the city of New York Fire Department No. 3 (S) A steam eng
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Rather than a generic firefighting scene, this poster centers on a steam engine belonging to Fire Department No. 3 in New York, a machine from the 1840s, when the city's firefighting was shifting from hand-pumped apparatus to steam power. Steam fire engines reached American cities in the early 1840s and let a crew throw far more water on a blaze, which explains the 1840-1850 period named in the record. The silkscreen dates to 1936, when the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, hired artists to produce posters on public services during the Great Depression. Its look back at a century-old machine reflects how these New Deal designers often turned to municipal history.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 179 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | New York (N.Y.). Fire Dept.--1840-1850. History--New York (State)--New York--1840-1850. Fire fighters--New York (State)--New York--1840-1850. Fire engines & equipment--New York (State)--New York--1840-1850. Steam engines--1840-1850. Municipal services--New York (State)--New York--1840-1850. New York (N.Y.)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,003 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 597_History_of_civic_servic_1936 |
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