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The life of a fireman. The ruins. "Take up." - "Man your rope."

Description: Image of an eye-level view of a New York City street with firefighters fighting a fire amid the ruins of a damaged building with manual fire engines, a fire hose carriage, and hook and ladder truck in the street; firefighters attach hoses to a fire hydrant in the center foreground, with spectators watching from the sidewalk and surrounding buildings, and trees and a church steeple are visible in the distance.
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Date: ©1854
Call number: priHHC_FIRE_0000011
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The life of a fireman. The metropolitan system

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Image of an eye-level street view of a New York City street at night with firefighters running on foot and with a horse-drawn steam fire engine, fire hose wagon, and hook and ladder truck going towards a burning building with flames and smoke coming out of the windows.

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The life of a fireman. The fire. "Now then with a will - shake her up boys!

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Image of an eye-level street view of a New York City street at night with firefighters crowded around a burning three-story building labeled with the sign "J.S. Smith & Co. Drugs Paints Oils. Dye Stuffs & C." and fighting the flames using water hoses attached to manual fire engines; one firefighter rescues a baby from a smoke-filled window and others fight the fire from ladders and the roof, with a central fireman holding a speaking trumpet and wearing a hat that reads "Chief Engineer A.C.", and a hook and ladder truck in the left foreground.

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The life of a fireman. The new era. Steam and muscle

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Image of an eye-level street view of the intersection of Church Street and Murray Street in New York City on a moonlight night with firefighters fighting a fire in a burning building labeled "James T. White & Co.," "Hook [S?R] & Co.," and "W. [?] Wilson Towns" from the ground, the rooftops, and on ladders with steam fire engines and hoses in the foreground, the City Hall in the background, and surrounding buildings labeled "Church St.," "White Goods," "33 R.H. Hinsdale," and "Murray St."

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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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The life of a fireman. The race. "Jump her boys, jump her!"

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Image of an eye-level street view of firefighters pulling a double-deck manual fire engine, decorated with a baby angel figure on the condenser case, and a fire hose carriage down a tree-lined street towards a fire, with the clock and bell tower of the City Hall of New York City visible beyond the tree line.

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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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The life of a fireman. The ruins. "Take up." - "Man your rope."

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