History of civic services in the city of New York Fire Department No. 1 (S) Fire depart – Antique Poster 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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A window into the past: History of civic services in the city of New York Fire Department No. 1 (S) Fire depart, preserved in this vintage poster. 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. 1 (S) Fire depart
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Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch director-general of New Netherland, anchors this 1936 silkscreen poster's account of New York's fire service. In the 1650s, when the settlement was still called New Amsterdam, his administration required householders to keep leather buckets and ladders and appointed fire wardens to inspect chimneys, an early step toward organized firefighting. Produced under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration during the Depression, the piece presents civic services as a long public tradition and reflects the New Deal's effort to put artists to work while honoring municipal labor.
| 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. 177 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Stuyvesant Peter 1592-1672. New York (N.Y.). Fire Dept.--1650-1660. History--New York (State)--New York--1650-1660. Fire fighters--New York (State)--New York--1650-1660. Settlements--New York (State)--New York--1650-1660. Municipal services--New York (State)--New York--1650-1660. New York (N.Y.)--1650-1660. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,002 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 600_History_of_civic_servic_1936 |
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