Empire Hook and Ladder Company, Carlisle, Pa. - Firemens Convention 1889 – Antique 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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Step back in time with Empire Hook and Ladder Company, Carlisle, Pa. - Firemens Convention 1889, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Empire Hook and Ladder Company, Carlisle, Pa. - Firemens Convention 1889
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This print shows the Empire Hook and Ladder Company of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and its title ties it to a firemen's convention held in 1889. Its catalog date of about 1909 is twenty years after the event, and the record notes that this information comes from an unverified caption card, so the photograph may have been made later or the date may be approximate. In the late nineteenth century, volunteer companies like this one were civic and social organizations as well as firefighting crews, and their conventions brought members together for parades and displays of apparatus. Hook and ladder companies carried ladders, hooks, and tools for breaching walls and reaching upper floors.
| Created / published | c1909. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,309 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-160462 |
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