History of civic services in the city of New York Fire Department No. 2 (S) A fire engi – Antique Poster 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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History of civic services in the city of New York Fire Department No. 2 (S) A fire engi
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The title names a fire engine, a hand-pumped apparatus that marked a step beyond the leather-bucket brigades of earlier colonial New York. The subjects place the scene in the 1730s, when neighbors and volunteer companies fought blazes in a city of wooden buildings. Made in 1936 as a silkscreen by the Federal Art Project, the print belongs to a Works Progress Administration series that used bold graphics to present civic history to the public during the Depression.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 178 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | New York (N.Y.). Fire Dept.--1730-1740. History--New York (State)--New York--1730-1740. Fire fighters--New York (State)--New York--1730-1740. Fire engines & equipment--New York (State)--New York--1730-1740. Municipal services--New York (State)--New York--1730-1740. New York (N.Y.)--1730-1740. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,007 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 596_History_of_civic_servic_1936 |
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