Sellers & Pennock 231 High Street Philadelphia
Print shows an advertisement for Sellers & Pennock showing several men operating a firehose water-pumping machine. Caption continues: Patent rivet hose, fire bucket and hydraulion manufacturers. Another impres... More
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Fire Apparatus Building, South Rodne...
Significance: The Fire Apparatus Building retains its integrity of location, design, materials, and workmanship. It was built in connection with the development of Fort Rodman during the Endicott Period, an im... More
Certificate of honorary membership of the Weccacoe Fire Company, Phila...
Print shows a certificate for honorary membership in the Weccacoe Fire Company of Philadelphia, with views of five firehouses, horse-drawn engines, and other firefighting equipment. Stamped in lower left: From... More
Firefighter standing next to a ladder carriage
Inscribed in pencil at top: track maroon, ladders white. Sketch on verso shows two figures seated together, one gesturing with right arm raised. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at ... More
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Fire Apparatus Building, South Rodne...
Significance: The Fire Apparatus Building retains its integrity of location, design, materials, and workmanship. It was built in connection with the development of Fort Rodman during the Endicott Period, an im... More
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Fire Apparatus Building, South Rodne...
Significance: The Fire Apparatus Building retains its integrity of location, design, materials, and workmanship. It was built in connection with the development of Fort Rodman during the Endicott Period, an im... More
Philadelphia fire company mobile steam driven water pump
Photograph shows a piece of firefighting equipment on display in front of a firehouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Several men are standing around a horsedrawn steam driven water pump. (DLC/PP-1999:126). For... More
This certifies that _____ has been a member of the Fire Department of ...
Print shows an elderly man receiving an "honorable discharge" after years of public service at the fire department. U17180 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed above scroll: Well done good and faithful servant. Prin... More
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Fire Apparatus Building, South Rodne...
Significance: The Fire Apparatus Building retains its integrity of location, design, materials, and workmanship. It was built in connection with the development of Fort Rodman during the Endicott Period, an im... More
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[Men operating water pumps during building fire]
Illus. in: Theatrum machinarvm novvm, exhibeus aqvarias, alatas, ivmentarias, manuarias .... Coloniæ Agrippinæ : sumptibus P. Principis, 1662. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western t... More
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Fire Apparatus Building, South Rodne...
Significance: The Fire Apparatus Building retains its integrity of location, design, materials, and workmanship. It was built in connection with the development of Fort Rodman during the Endicott Period, an im... More
Destruction by fire of Pennsylvania Hall, the new building of the Abol...
Print shows Pennsylvania Hall engulfed in flames as firefighters attempt to prevent the fire from spreading to other buildings; a large crowd, among them are anti-abolitionists, watches the building burn. "Ent... More
Sellers & Pennock 231 High Street Philadelphia
Print shows an advertisement for Sellers & Pennock showing several men operating a firehose water-pumping machine. Caption continues: Patent rivet hose, fire bucket and hydraulion manufacturers. Trimmed to wit... More
Rabideau Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Fire Tool Equipment Shop, C...
Significance: It is not known whether the Fire Tool Equipment Shed was constructed as part of the Rabideau Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, which operated on the Chippewa National Forest until 1941. However, ... More
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Fire Apparatus Building, South Rodne...
Significance: The Fire Apparatus Building retains its integrity of location, design, materials, and workmanship. It was built in connection with the development of Fort Rodman during the Endicott Period, an im... More
Fort Rodman Military Reservation, Fire Apparatus Building, South Rodne...
Significance: The Fire Apparatus Building retains its integrity of location, design, materials, and workmanship. It was built in connection with the development of Fort Rodman during the Endicott Period, an im... More
Destruction by fire of Pennsylvania Hall, the new building of the Abol...
Print shows Pennsylvania Hall engulfed in flames as firefighters attempt to prevent the fire from spreading to other buildings; a large crowd, among them are anti-abolitionists, watches the building burn. "Ent... More
Empire hook & ladder company, no. 1. Instituted February 6th 1851 on s...
Print shows a fireman standing in the street at the front end of a long carrier for a hook and ladder mechanism with several ladders in decreasing lengths stacked on top. It appears that the carrier is pushed f... More
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[Large group of firemen posed with horse-drawn fire equipment. Columbi...
Photograph shows panoramic view of fire fighters standing on top of firefighting equipment; three men stand with horses.
Fire in Philadelphia J. Queen - Public domain portrait drawing
Drawing shows Weccacoe engine fire fighters and Hibernia fire fighters before the Hope fire station in Philadelphia, which has caught on fire. The fire fighters are operating fire engines to pump water into the... More
The coming conflagration in the European forest / F. Graetz.
Illustration shows a scene in a dark forest with a group of men labeled "Irish Invincibles, Nihilists, Austrian Socialists, German Artisans, Republicans, Fanatical Irredentists, [and] Black Hand" carrying torch... More
The fire engine, common pump, &c
Print shows three figures illustrating water pumps; figure 3 shows a water tank with two men operating a pump and a fireman holding a hose. Inscribed in pencil on upper left corner: 1765. (DLC/PP-2001:068). Fo... More