Leaving the Firehouse by H. A. Thomas & Wylie Lithographic Company and published by Buchanan and Lyall.
date: label: Date made
content: 1895
name: label: lithographer
content: H. A. Thomas & Wylie Lithographing Company
notes: label: Description
content: This hand-colored lithograph with muted colors depics a firemen pulling a Philadelphia steamer, rushing out of the fire house into the snow. The title notes the establishment of a paid municipal fire department in New York in 1865.
label: Description
content: The lithographer was H. A. Thomas & Wylie Lithographing Company based in New York City, 1862-1904. Henry Atwell Thomas (1844-1904) was trained as a painter but became a lithographer in the 1860's and a partner in the firm Crow, Thomas, & Eno Litho. He started a business around 1873, creating high-quality lithographed theatrical portraits and posters. In 1887, he formed a partnership with George A. Wylie. The company became part of Consolidated Lithographing Company in the early 1900s.
label: Description
content: The print was published by Buchanan and Lyall.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
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content: Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0233.0973
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.0973
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 24 in; 45.72 cm x 60.96 cm