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Grand Canal Celebration. : Fire department

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1826
Call number: priJLC_FIRE_001468
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 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.

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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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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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This certifies that ... is a member of ... Company; No. ... Fire Department

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Image of a blank stock firefighter's membership certificate with surrounding vignettes of a firefighter returning a rescued baby to its mother; a female nurse tending to a wounded firefighter; a firefighter with a speaking trumpet; firemen in a city street at night before a burning building with steam fire engines and hoses; a firefighter pulling a fire engine; and firefighters aiming a house towards flames; certificate decorated with images of firefighting equipment including fire hats, speaking trumpets, axes, bells, lanterns, preventers, ladders, buckets, censers, fire hydrants, and fire hoses.

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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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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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