Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Neptune Engine Company No. 6] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
ca. 1880 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on a cardboard mount. Side view of horse-drawn fire engine (steam pumper) with twelve men in uniform seated and standing on and around the engine; two additional men who appear to be wearing civilian clothes are partially visible standing behind the front wheels. The man second from right wears a belt with inscription "FOREMAN;" the man fourth from right wears a belt with inscription "TREASURER." Three men hold speaking trumpets, and one holds a lantern. The fire engine has an inscription on the side: "FREEDOM / UNITY." In the background is a building with wide open double doors. Handwritten inscriptions on the reverse of the photo were photocopied and attached to the reverse of the mount, which was added later: "Neptune # 6 - Tompkinsville S.I. / located on the [New?] Griffin St. / Treasurer - Mr. Orlando A. Halliday. / Picture taken about 1880 / Presented by Mildred Jackson Brower. (Mrs. C. J.) 9/22/56. / granddaughter of Orlando Halliday / 6812 Crandall Ave / WORTH. ILL." (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
7.125 x 8.875 |
Earliest Date |
1875 |
Latest Date |
1885 |
Subjects |
Fire fighting Fire stations Fire fighters Fire engines & equipment Group portraits |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
PH01.1479 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Great Kills Woman's Club, July 2017. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |