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United-States firemen – Historic Print

United-States firemen, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print
United-States firemen, [no date recorded on shelflist card]. 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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The title places this print in the era of American volunteer fire companies, when city firemen were often neighborhood men who turned out with hand-pumped engines and took considerable local pride in their work. The record gives no date, and the only name attached is C. Magnus, taken from the shelflist card; that attribution is unverified, though a New York printmaker of that name is sometimes associated with popular 19th-century prints. Images like this circulated widely among a public fascinated by fire companies, so it is useful both as a view of period equipment and as an example of popular illustration.

Created / published[no date recorded on shelflist card]
Medium1 print.
NotesThis record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Magnus, C.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,226 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115153

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