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

Description: 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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Date: ©1854
Call number: priHHC_FIRE_0000010
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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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These are to certify that Arch. Montieth has been nominated and elected an active member of Albany Engine Co. No. 1

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Image of a firefighter's membership certificate from the Albany Engine Co. No. 1 of Albany, Oregon, made out in manuscript to Archibald Monteith on June 3, 1875, and surrounded by vignettes of firefighters including a firefighter fighting a fire with a fire hose; a firefighter on a ladder rescuing a young girl; a firefighter with a speaking trumpet standing in a street pointing towards a fire; and an eye-level view of a city street with a burning building and ruins with a steam fire engine, hose carriage, firemen, and utility poles in the foreground; the certificate is bordered by images of fire hydrants, ladders, hoses, and preventers.

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

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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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Organized July 13th 1885. This is to certify that W. H. Conron is an exempt member of the Deposit Fire Department of Deposit, New York

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Image of a firefighter's exempt membership certificate from the Deposit Fire Department of Deposit, New York, made out in manuscript to W. H. Conron and dated August 5, 1907, with a lower vignette of firefighters fighting a fire in a burning building with manual fire engines, hoses, ladders, fire hydrants, shovels, and a fireman on a ladder with a speaking trumpet, and a top vignette of the ruins of a wooden building with spectators on the wooden sidewalk before it; the certificate is bordered with American flags, rope, and preventers.

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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 H. H. Flagg ... Gold Hill Fire Department

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Image of a firefighter's membership certificate from the Gold Hill Fire Department of Gold Hill, Nevada, made out in manuscript to H. H. Flagg and dated May 22, 1867, with multiple vignettes including bare-chested goddesses riding two horses, with one holding a triton; a manual fire engine and a steam fire engine; a firefighter returning a rescued baby to its mother; a wounded firefighter on a mattress being nursed by a young woman while another fireman on a ladder behind them lowers a bundle tied in a rope; two eye-level exterior views of firehouses, both labeled "Yellow Jacket Engine Ho."; and an elevated landscape view presumably of the town of Gold Hill, Nevada; the certificate and vignettes are decorated with borders containing ivy leaves, bean pods, grapes, and other plants and firefighting equipment including fire hydrants, hoses, ladders, hats, speaking trumpets, a lantern, censers, and axes.

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

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