Fire De't searchlight, New York – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Fire De't searchlight, New York, 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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Fire De't searchlight, New York
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A night-time lighting tool rather than an engine, this searchlight is the focus of this glass negative from the George Grantham Bain Collection, with the title reading "Fire Dept. searchlight, New York." Bain News Service, a New York photo agency active from the early 1900s, sold pictures to newspapers, and its captions were often written in haste, so the title comes from unverified notes and no date is recorded. Fire crews of that era relied on portable electric lights to see across collapsed walls, rooftops and smoke-filled streets during night calls, an improvement over lanterns and torches. The plate shows how the department added new equipment alongside its horse-drawn and motorized apparatus.
| 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 one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,760 × 4,292 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4176 |
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