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Silsby Manufg. Co. Seneca Falls, N.Y

Description: Image of an elevation view of the side of a steam fire engine labeled "Silsby" that is decorated with a small American Eagle on the head light; there is a small vignette in the bottom center margin of an elevated view of the Island Works factory buildings of the Silsby Manufacturing Company in Seneca Falls, New York.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1868 and 1877
Call number: priJLC_FIRE_001493
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

3rd.. size steam fire engine built by the Silsby Manufacturing Co. Seneca Falls, N.Y

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Image of an eye-level view of firefighters pulling a steam fire engine through a deserted city street at night towards the flames of a burning building in the background; the fire engine is labeled "Little Giant" and has "3" on the light.

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Bird’s eye view of Watkins, N.Y

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Image of an aerial landscape view of the village of Watkins Glen, New York, showing the town, surrounding mountains, and a portion of Seneca Lake to the right; with a vignette of Glen Mountain House in the lower margin; location references and history printed in margin.

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Button fire engine works : Holroyd & Co. Proprietors Waterford, Saratoga Co., N.Y

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Image of a central image of a steam fire engine with two firefighters being drawn by two horses through a city street with a burning building in the background and a fire hydrant in the foreground; with seven vignettes consisting of five firefighting vehicles, a bundle of firefighting accessories including a ladder, hook, pick, lantern, speaking trumpet, and fireman's hat labeled "8", and an elevated view of the exterior of the Button Fire Engine Co. factory buildings in Waterford, New York, with someone aiming a stream of water from a hose over the roof of a building.

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Rumsey's Blackville Fire Brigade : Rumsey & Co. Ltd manufacturers of pump-hand fire engines hook & ladder trucks etc. Seneca Falls, N.Y

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Image of an outdoor scene with caricatures of black firefighters pulling a hook and ladder truck with hand buckets that itself carries a manual fire engine pulled by additional firemen, towards a fire at a dilapidated cabin labeled "Hotel D'Afrique" with African American guests in their pajamas fleeing the burning building and running towards a lake; individual caricatures include a man drinking liquor from a bottle, guests escaping from a tree, a man with a banjo, a woman with the words "El Mardi" on her nightdress, men carrying a chicken, pig and stove, men trying to pull a mule while one wields a baseball bat, and a dog attached to a wooden barrel; a sign above the hotel door reads "Table D'Hote" and "Not responsible for money and jewels not left in the safe" and the fire truck has the label "Manufactured by Rumsey & Co. Ltd Seneca Falls New York."

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Weccacoe Fire Compy. Instituted 1800, Incorporated 1833

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Image of an elevation view of the side of a double-deck manual fire engine with with an ornately decorated center condenser case containing an image of a bare-chested mermaid and man and the label "Weccacoe."; a firefighter wearing a top hat labeled Wecca[coe] 1800" and a cape with the letters "F" and "A" stands at the front of the wagon; with a small image in bottom center margin of a Roman soldier dressed in a military costume with a bow and arrows.

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Lynn Mass. : east view from near High Rock : No. 3 : Album of New England scenery

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Image of an elevated landscape view of the city of Lynn, Massachusetts, from a lookout point near High Rock where people in formal dress talk and look at the view; eight references printed in margin and a small vignette with the city's seal in the bottom center margin.

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Silsby Manufg. Co. Seneca Falls, N.Y

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