Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Decoration Day 1900 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1900 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. Side view of a horse-drawn fire engine (steam pumper) with a man in uniform in the driver's seat and two horses harnessed in front. The fire engine is on a street with a rocky hillside in the background; several people, possibly young boys, can be seen on the hillside. A fire hydrant is in the foreground at right. Handwritten inscription on reverse: "Decoration Day 1900." Found in a paper sleeve with printed inscription "HASTINGS & MILLER, / PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, / 113 NASSAU ST., N.Y." and handwritten inscriptions "Engine Co. / Niagara 5" and "ENGINE CO. N. 5". (Keywords: New York City, Edgewater Fire Department, Early Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
4 x 5 |
Earliest Date |
1900 |
Latest Date |
1900 |
Subjects |
Fire fighting Fire fighters Fire engines & equipment Horses |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
PH01.1472 |
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. |