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Excelsior fireworks

Description: Image of an advertisement by Detwiller & Street Fireworks Manufacturing Company for Excelsior Fireworks. The print is in red, white, and blue, and includes an image of an American Eagle, United States flag, and shield that's labeled "Excelsior." Bottom of image includes a crowd of men and women in formal attire releasing firecrackers into the sky. In the center of the crowd, below the eagle and shield, is a cascading fountain. Sparks of fireworks are also depicted in the sky. Title is decorative.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1885
Call number: priJLC_SPO_005067
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Fireworks! Fireworks!

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Image of a pamphlet by retailer Austin, Nichols & Co. listing different types of fireworks, firecrackers, meteoric balloons, pistols, and more gun powder related products for sale. Towards the top center of the left page is an image titled "The New Excelsior Illuminating Meteoric Balloon - Inflating and Firework Attachments." The image depicts a hot-air balloon shown flying up, surrounded by lit fireworks.

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Trade price list of the Unexcelled Fireworks Company

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Image of a leaflet listing pricing information about different types of fireworks, firecrackers, and goods for sale by the Unexcelled Fireworks Company in New York. Print was folded, with four printed pages total, two on verso and two on recto. Right page of recto includes the title and a vignette similar to imagery on the Great Seal of the United States. Includes an image of an American eagle holding up a banner labeled “UnXld Fireworks” in its beak. Below the eagle is a shield with American stripes and stars, and the eagle holds an olive branch with one talon, and arrows with another. Left page of recto includes pricing information and five vignettes of lanterns, balloons, fireworks, and bomb shells. Verso pages include five vignettes of fireworks and rockets and lists the various names, descriptions, and pricing information about materials for sale, ranging from “Roman Candles” to “Torpedoes.”

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Fireworks! Fireworks!!

Visual Materials

Image of a leaflet by retailer Austin, Nichols & Co. listing different types of fireworks for sale. The right side of the print lists more gunpowder related products sold by the retailer, from firecrackers, hot air balloons, to pistols and more. The right of the print also includes two images of pistols pointed at one another, a paper cap pistol titled 'The Boss,' and a blank cartridge pistol. Towards the bottom of the right is an image titled "The New Excelsior Illuminating Meteoric Balloon - Inflating and Firework Attachments." The image depicts a hot-air balloon shown flying up, surrounded by lit fireworks.

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Excelsior Mower and Reaper

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Image of farmers working in fields with horses pulling farming machinery in an advertisement for Excelsior Mower and Reaper; farmhouse and mountains in background.

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Annual Fair of the Moravia Agricultural Society. Diploma

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Image of fields, grain, farm implements, and livestock at center of a certificate issued by the Moravia Agricultural Society of New York; four images of men and women with grain or farm implements at left and right, including a Native American Indian; seal with women in flowing garments on either side of an eagle on a shield with the motto "Excelsior" underneath at bottom center.

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Niagara Falls Fire Department. State of New York. To all whom these presents shall come, ... do hereby appoint Walter C. Hulett a fireman in Fire Company No. 2

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Image of a certificate from the trustees of the Village of Niagara Falls New York, made out in manuscript to Walter C. Hulett and dated June 9, 1852, that appoints Hulett a fireman in Niagara Falls Fire Department Fire Company No. 2, with a central image of the seal of New York labeled “Excelsior” with the goddesses Liberty and Justice standing on either side of a shield and an American eagle on the banks of the Niagara River with Niagara Falls, ships, and town rooftops in the background; certificate has ornate patterned border.

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