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Grand Canal Celebration. : Fire department

Description: Image of a side view of a parade float drawn by four horses with a driver, two firefighters, including one with an ax and the other the pipe, and a hand-pump manual fire engine labeled "Washington 20" on the platform; the image depicts a float in the Grand Canal Celebration celebrating the opening of the Erie Canal in New York City on November 4, 1825.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1826
Call number: priJLC_FIRE_001467
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Grand Canal Celebration. : Fire department

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Image of a side view of a parade float driven by four horses with two postilions on horseback and two firefighters, one holding the pipe, two link-boys with lanterns, and a hand-pump manual fire engine labeled "15"; the image depicts a float in the Grand Canal Celebration for the opening of the Erie Canal in New York City on November 4, 1825.

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Fire department

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Image of a side view of a parade float drawn by four horses carrying a driver, three firefighters, with one fireman holding the hose pipe, a banner with an image of American Revolutionary War General Lafayette in military costume on a horse with the label "Lafayette October 21 1781" on a ribbon held in the mouth of an eagle, and a manual fire engine labeled "Lafayette 7" on the platform; the image depicts a float in the Grand Canal Celebration for the opening of the Erie Canal in New York City on November 4, 1825.

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Eagle Fire Engine No. 13. as she appeared in the procession on the fourth of November 1825 at the Grand Canal celebration in the city of New York

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Image of a side view of a parade float driven by four horses with four grooms wearing Middle Eastern Turkish costumes and turbans walking beside the horses and a firefighter and two link-boys with torches standing next to a manual fire engine labeled "Eagle Co. 13" with an American flag on the platform; the image depicts a float in the Grand Canal Celebration for the opening of the Erie Canal in New York City on November 4, 1825.

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This is to certify that ... has pursuant to law ... a member of the fire department

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Image of a blank stock certificate for membership in a fire department with a central image of firefighters fighting a large fire in a town with the ruins of buildings in the background and four vignettes of individual firemen including one beginning to pull a manual fire engine out of a fire house; a firefighter with a horn in the middle of the street pointing towards a burning building; a firefighter rescuing a woman in her bedroom; and a firefighter spraying water from a fire hose on flames; certificate and vignettes are decorated with an ornate border with images of firefighting equipment including fire hydrants, ladders, speaking trumpets, as well as censers, bells, and a vase of flowers.

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Hibernia Fire Engine Company, No. 1 of Philadelphia. Instituted 1752. Assembling for parade, October 5th. 1857

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Image of an eye-level street view of the exterior of the four-story firehouse of the Hibernia Fire Engine Company No. 1 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with firefighters standing in the street wearing top hats, uniforms, and green capes decorated with an image of an American eagle and the letters "F" and "A"; some hold speaking trumpets, a trumpet, and fire ax; the firemen stand around a small dog, fire hose carriage, and green double-deck manual fire engine decorated with images of an American eagle, an angel, and a goddess next to an eagle on the center condenser case; children sit on a brick wall next to the station and spectators look out from the windows of neighboring building; the firehouse has an American flag on the roof and the labels "Hibernia," "Instituted 1752," and "Incorporated 1841" on the front and a large "1" on the side.

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The fire show fighting the flames : department arriving at fire

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Image of a horse-drawn fire engine and firefighters racing to the scene of a raging fire at a drugstore, with police holding back onlookers; the poster advertises the fire-disaster show "Fighting the Flames" performed for audiences at amusement parks.

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Eagle Fire Engine No. 13. as she appeared in the procession on the fourth of November 1825 at the Grand Canal celebration in the city of New York

This is to certify that ... has pursuant to law ... a member of the fire department

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The fire show fighting the flames : department arriving at fire