Frozen fire apparatus, equitable fire – Antique 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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This rare historic photograph captures Frozen fire apparatus, equitable fire in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Frozen fire apparatus, equitable fire
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Fire engines frozen solid in ice at the scene of an "Equitable" fire set this glass negative apart from the other engine views on the board, though the record gives no date to tie it to a specific blaze. The title comes from caption cards and data supplied by Bain News Service, a New York picture agency that sold news photographs in the early twentieth century, so it should be read as unverified. Winter fires often left hoses, pumpers, and streets coated in ice as water sprayed and froze, which slowed crews and made equipment hard to operate. The negative is a small glass plate, a format that recorded fine detail for news pictures of the period.
| 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 three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,203 × 5,741 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11308 |
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