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Photo, Print, Drawing The Weccacoe Engine Company's House and the Reception of the United Fire Company of Baltimore. The Weccacoe Engine Co.'s house and the reception of the United Fire Co. of Baltimore

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Title

  • The Weccacoe Engine Company's House and the Reception of the United Fire Company of Baltimore.

Other Title

  • The Weccacoe Engine Co.'s house and the reception of the United Fire Co. of Baltimore

Summary

  • This print celebrates a reception for the firefighters of the United Fire Company of Baltimore hosted by the Weccacoe Fire Company firefighters of Philadelphia at the Weccacoe engine house. Both companies wear uniforms. The Weccacoe firefighters (left) wear long, belted jackets under red capes adorned with "Weccacoe W.E.S" and hats marked "Weccacoe 1800" on the front and "FA" (Fire Association of Philadelphia) on the back. The United Fire Co. firefighters (right) are dressed in red jackets with green lapels, green and gold hats labeled "Union" on the front, and brass belt buckles. The captains (including General Anthony Miltenberger, chief marshal of the Union Fire Co.), shake hands in front of the open engine-house doors, behind which the outline of equipment is visible. The three-story Weccacoe engine house was located in the 100 block of Queen Street in Southwark. An eagle surmounts the dormer-like addition on top of the building. The print is by James Fuller Queen (circa 1820--86), a Philadelphia artist, lithographer, and pioneer chromolithographer, who was a volunteer firefighter with the Weccacoe Fire Company.

Names

  • Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 5-1886 Printer.
  • Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886 Artist.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : P.S. Duval Lithography, 1851.

Headings

  • -  United States of America--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
  • -  1851
  • -  Fire departments
  • -  Fire fighters
  • -  Fire stations
  • -  Group portraits
  • -  Lithographs
  • -  Miltenberger, Anthony Felix Wybert, 1789?-1869
  • -  Uniforms

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Digital catalog number: POS 824"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 print : lithograph, tinted and hand-colored.
  • -  Original resource at: The Library Company of Philadelphia.
  • -  Content in English.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021670321

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Duval, Peter S., 1804 Or 5-1886 Printer, and James Fuller Queen. The Weccacoe Engine Company's House and the Reception of the United Fire Company of Baltimore. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1851. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval Lithography. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670321/.

APA citation style:

Duval, P. S. & Queen, J. F. (1851) The Weccacoe Engine Company's House and the Reception of the United Fire Company of Baltimore. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1851. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval Lithography. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670321/.

MLA citation style:

Duval, Peter S., 1804 Or 5-1886 Printer, and James Fuller Queen. The Weccacoe Engine Company's House and the Reception of the United Fire Company of Baltimore. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval Lithography. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021670321/>.