Lithograph
- Title:
- Firemen's Muster, Merrimack Square, Manchester, N.H. September 15th 1859
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1995.594.01
- Creator:
- Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894); Endicott Company
- Date:
- 1861
- Description:
- Lithograph, Firemen's Muster, Merrimack Square, Manchester, N.H. September 15th 1859, by John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894), lithographed by Endicott Company (1852-1886), 1861. Ink on paper with gray and buff tint stones. Large crowd of firemen, men, women and children gather around lake in center. Most eyes are turned to large pole ("Target Pole") at left. Hand-pump fire engines in crowd, including engines named "EXCELSIOR 3", "PROTECTOR", "GEN. WORTH", "TORRENT", and "DAN'L WEBSTER." Two teams of firemen gathered around "Torrent," at left center, pumping both engine arms; fire hose extends from the engine to the base of the flag pole where a smaller team of firemen aim the water through a ring on the pole to measure the height and force of water. Church and commercial buildings in background. Banner on church reads: "BIDWELL GLUNNS / COMPANY AT S.B. [ ] 15". Three-story brick building to right has signs "BOOKS" "SHIRT MANUFACTORY" and "MUSEUM''. Three-story brick building attached at right has signs: "C. SPENCER [CO.]", "B.L. BARTLETT", and "EATING HOUSE". Below image at left: "ENDICOTT Co. LITH 59 Beekman St. N. Y." Below image at center: "ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS BY JOHN B. BACHELDER IN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF MASS. 1861". Title, lower center in margin: "FIREMAN'S MUSTER, / MERRIMACK SQUARE, MANCHESTER, N.H. / SEPTEMBER 15TH 1859. / TO THE INTREPID FIREMEN OF THE UNITED STATES, THIS PICTURE IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE PUBLISHER". Facsimile signature, lower right: "Jno. B Bachelder / 193 Washington St. Boston. 59 Beekman St. New York." Lower left in margin: "PROOF." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-31.5 W-47.95 inches
- Credit Line:
- Found in Collection
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