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Image of vignettes of elevation views of the sides steam fire engines, fire hose trucks, and related firefighting vehicles with a central image of a steam fire engine with red wagon wheels labeled "Brooklyn 10" and "B F D 10" with city buildings in the background, and surrounding vignettes of nine vehicles including one steam engine labeled "Arba Read," one with two men standing next to it, another with a man in a top hat and firefighter's cape that reads "Amoskeag"; the borders of the vignettes are decorated with firefighting equipment including ladders, hoses, speaking trumpets, hats, torches, lanterns, and a firefighter blowing into a trumpet.
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Firemen's muster, Merrimack Square, Manchester, N.H. September 15th. 1859
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Image of an elevated landscape view of the town of Manchester, New Hampshire, depicting a firemen’s muster with a large crowd of spectators and firefighters with hand-pump manual fire engines gathered around the pond in Merrimack Square; a fire hose competition is visible at back left with a stream of water being shot in the air from a fire hose next to a wooden measuring pole; being shot from a fire hose at back left as part of a contest; some of the fire engines have labels including “2”, “Excelsior 3 Bangor” “Protector No. 3” “Gen Worth” “Torrent” and some the firefighters wear belts with labels including “Deluge” “Protector” “Lawrence” “[So]uth Reading” and “Alert”; the buildings visible in the background have the signs “Books” “Shirt Manufactory” “Museum” “C. Spencer & [Son Hard]ware” “B.L. Bartlett” “Eating House” and “Rowle & Co.” and the church is labeled ““Bidwell Glunn’s[?] Company at 3 [? o’clock] 15”; the scene also includes trees, American flags, dogs, women in hoop skirts, and children.
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This is to certify that Hiram Sweet is an honorary member of the Columbia Hose Co. of Philadelphia
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Image of a certificate from the Columbia Hose Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with handwritten text certifying Hiram Sweet was conferred as an honorary member on October 6, 1830, and decorated with ornate borders and firefighting equipment including hoses, ladders, speaking trumpets, an American shield and eagle, and vignettes of eye-level views of firefighters pulling a steam fire engine and hose carriage towards Independence Hall; the exterior of the three-story Columbia Hose Company firehouse with a flag on the station roof, and pedestrians and dog on the sidewalk in front; and firefighters fighting a fire at the 4-story “French & Richards” paint and drugstore; the certificate has a green embossed seal of the fire company.
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Certificate of life membership to the Philadelphia Association for the relief of disabled firemen. This is to certify that R.C. Du Comb
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Image of a membership certificate from the Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen made out in manuscript to R.C. DuComb and dated January 1869 with a central image of firefighters with hoses, ladders, and manual fire engines putting out a fire in a dry goods store labeled “EFores [?] Dry Goods” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while a crowd of spectators watch from the street and surrounding buildings; the image is bordered by a uniformed fireman on either side with hoses and equipment, with one wearing a hat labeled "Hose" and standing on a hydrant and the other wearing a hat labeled "Fire" and standing on a fire engine; the certificate has an embossed seal of the Association.
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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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This is to certify that John G. Lubben. having served the time prescribed by the laws of the State of California in the Alameda Fire Department
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Image of a firefighter's certificate of service from the Alameda Fire Department of Alameda, California, made out in manuscript to John G. Lubben and dated July 29, 1893; with four surrounding vignettes depicting firefighters fighting fires and driving towards burning buildings with horse-drawn firefighting vehicles including a hook and ladder truck, hose carriage, and manual fire engine, as well as a top-center vignette of Columbia, the goddess of Liberty, sitting in a field looking at a paper with a shield labeled "California," a bear, sheaths of wheat, and a fireman surrounding her; the vignettes and certificate are bordered by two hoses attached to a fire hydrant and firefighting equipment including ladders, preventers, axes, speaking trumpets, and fire hats; the certificate has an embossed seal of the Alameda Fire Department.
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