Frame, Picture
- Title:
- Fountain Engine Company No. 3
- Object Name:
- Frame, Picture
- Object ID:
- 1972.045
- Date:
- 1860
- Description:
- Sign, Fountain Engine Company, Dover, NH, 1860. Green wooden sign, vertical rectangle with arched top and raised wide black border. Gold lettering: "FOUNTAIN ENGINE COMPANY NO. 3. / DOVER, N.H. / 1860." Following the year is "PRICE" in very small letters. Decorated with painted gold scrollwork. Contains oval holes for 51 daguerreotypes of the firemen, and a center oval possibly for the engine. The top eight ovals are identified by position: Chief, Foreman, three Assistants, two Clerks, and Steward. Only 48 of the daguerreotypes are present; the large one is missing. The daguerreotypes are stored at NHHS library.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-49 W-32.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Fire departments, Fire fighters, Firemen, Fire, Daguerreotypes, Picture frames
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