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

Description: 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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Date: ©1854
Call number: priHHC_FIRE_0000009
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The life of a fireman. The night alarm. - "Start her lively boys."

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Image of an eye-level street view of firefighters pulling a double-deck manual fire engine out of a firehouse and into the street, presumably in New York City, at night to go fight a fire, with a link-boy carrying a lantern at front, a lighted lamppost on the sidewalk, and a wall clock visible in the firehouse.

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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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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 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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This may certify that ... was admitted a member of the Firemen's Benevolent Society of the city of Hartford

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Image of a blank membership certificate from the Firemen's Benevolent Society of Hartford, Connecticut, with a central image of firefighters with hoses, ladders, and manual fire engines amassed on the street and tree-filled park before the Old State House in Hartford, Connecticut, to fight a fire burning in a nearby building labeled with the signs "Elihu Geer Job & Card Printer" and "Case Nevers & Co."; with surrounding buildings labeled "Eagle Tavern" "Exchange Office" and "Oswin Welles," and spectators and a displaced family with their household belongings standing on the street; with a small vignette of a fire hose carriage at bottom center; the image presumably depicts the August 9, 1839, fire in the Mitchell Building on State Street.

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

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