N.Y. Fireman drill, climbing up side of bldg, New York – Historic Print
(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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N.Y. Fireman drill, climbing up side of bldg, New York comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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N.Y. Fireman drill, climbing up side of bldg, New York
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Firemen practicing a climb up the outside of a building set this picture apart from the many shots of fire engines at work on a blaze. The glass negative comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of early news photographs made by the Bain News Service. Drills like this trained crews to reach upper-floor windows and rescue people when smoke or flame cut off the stairs, a skill that mattered in crowded city buildings of the period. The title comes from unverified caption data, so the exact building and date remain uncertain.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,685 × 4,242 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4232 |
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