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Leaving the firehouse – Historic Print

Leaving the firehouse, 1895 Feb. 1. — historic print
Leaving the firehouse, 1895 Feb. 1.. Historic print from the Fire Engines collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Leaving the firehouse. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Leaving the firehouse captures the instant a company rushes out to answer an alarm, a scene repeated many times a day in American cities of the 1890s. Before motorized apparatus, horses were kept beside the engines and trained to be harnessed in seconds, so the departure was often as dramatic as the fire itself. The record gives a date of February 1, 1895, and a Copyright Office reference, which suggests the image was registered as a popular subject. The Thomas & Wylie name on the shelflist card is unverified.

Created / published1895 Feb. 1.
Medium1 print.
NotesAA7356 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Thomas & Wylie.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,057 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110340

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