N.Y. Fire Department. Auto Extension Pipe – 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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A window into the past: N.Y. Fire Department. Auto Extension Pipe, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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N.Y. Fire Department. Auto Extension Pipe
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A motorized apparatus rather than a horse-drawn one, this glass negative shows a New York Fire Department auto extension pipe, a piece of equipment that reflects how quickly city fire companies moved from horses to motor vehicles in the early 1900s. The image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress. Bain's news service supplied photographs to newspapers in New York and elsewhere, and its negatives generally date from about 1900 to the 1920s. The title is taken from the caption cards, which the collection describes as unverified, so the exact date and the specific device shown should be read with that caveat in mind.
| 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 two loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,798 × 4,241 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-10354 |
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