[The tool wagon of the steam fire engine of the Fire Brigade] – Vintage Wall Art
![[The tool wagon of the steam fire engine of the Fire Brigade], [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9a/9abad38c741b-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with [The tool wagon of the steam fire engine of the Fire Brigade], a historic photograph rich in period detail. 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 tool wagon of the steam fire engine of the Fire Brigade]
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The wagon in this photograph carries the tools that accompanied a steam fire engine of Istanbul's fire brigade, shown as a separate piece of equipment rather than the engine itself. Its caption, written in Ottoman Turkish and French and numbered 27, identifies it as one entry in an album of the brigade's personnel and equipment. The album belonged to the collection of Sultan Abdul-Hamid II, who ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1909 and had many photographs of the empire's institutions assembled in this way. Steam-powered pumpers were a fairly new technology in the city during these years, so the photograph documents both the machines and the supporting gear that kept them running.
| Created / published | [between 1880 and 1893] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
| Genre | Gelatin silver prints 1880-1900. |
| Notes | Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 27. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Carts & wagons--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Fire engines & equipment--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,322 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-153509 |
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