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One of the early steam fire-engines

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Image ID

804759


Item data

Title

One of the early steam fire-engines

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Fire Department -- 1899 & Earlier

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1882

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Fir-18

Subjects

New York (N.Y.). Fire Dept -- To 1899
Fire engines -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899

Genres

Prints

Notes

Source Note: The story of the volunteer fire department of the city of New York. (New York : Harper, 1882) Sheldon, George William (1843-1914), Author.

Physical Description

Line photoengravings
Extent: 9 x 12 cm. (3 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Red ink stain on image.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17538225
Barcode: 33333159156989
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 394e97d0-c55d-012f-53bb-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1882

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "One of the early steam fire-engines" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1882. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/394e97d0-c55d-012f-53bb-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1882). One of the early steam fire-engines Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/394e97d0-c55d-012f-53bb-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "One of the early steam fire-engines" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/394e97d0-c55d-012f-53bb-58d385a7bc34

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