The Life of a Fireman. The Night Alarm - "Start her lively boys"
date: label: Date made
content: 1854
name: label: depicted
content: Currier, Nathaniel
label: depicted
content: Ives, James Merritt
label: depicted
content: Ives, George B.
label: depicted
content: Logan, Daniel
label: maker
content: Currier, Nathaniel
label: lithographer
content: Maurer, Louis
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Color print of eleven uniformed firemen pulling a fire pumper out of a garage, while another holds the door open. Two push the engine while a fourth runs to join them. A man with a torch leads them. The firemen are volunteers belonging to the Excelsior Company No. 2 on Henry Street, New York City. Among the firemen pictured are Nathaniel Currier, James M. Ives, George B. Ives, and Daniel Logan. The print was the first of four in the series "The Life of a Fireman" produced by Currier & Ives staff artist Louis Maurer.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: depicted
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Chronology: 1850-1859
label: Subject
content: Fire Fighting
label: Subject
content: Lighting, outdoor
label: Subject
content: Uniforms, Military
label: Subject
content: Civic Associations
label: Subject
content: Architecture, Domestic Buildings
label: Subject
content: Wagons
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3237
label: catalog number
content: 60.3237
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Prints
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 16 7/8 in x 25 7/8 in; 42.8625 cm x 65.7225 cm