Content/DescriptionFull length portrait of 8 men standing with a fire hose. All are wearing uniforms and the number 2 is on their helmets. One man holds a brass horn or megaphone.
Details
Title
[San Francisco Fire Brigade on Meiggs Wharf.]
Published
ca. 1855-1858
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
1 photograph : ambrotype ; whole plate, visible image 13.2 x 18.2 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: violet glass with shirts and hats hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: The Landing of Columbus (Rinhart no. 1). Material: black thermoplastic. Dimensions: 18.8 x 23.2 cm. Pad: reddish purple velvet with embossed motif. Notes: F.R. Smith & Hartman, N.Y. Notes: spine label - 369 (from prior owner).</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Printed on case exterior: F.R. Smith & Hartmann N.Y. Accompanying note (modern, possibly by collector Zelda Mackay) identifies view and gives brief history of Manhattan Engine Co. No 2.</physfacet>;;;
Contents
Image 2: [San Francisco Fire Brigade on Meiggs Wharf.] (Detail of image side only.)
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