"Little Giant" No. 6 Steamer- Painting
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The horse-drawn steamer Little Giant was built in 1859 by Amoskeag. The steamer is shown in the engine house in Chicago surrounded by a painting of the Little Giant at the scene of a fire and a fireman's work hat; below are two crossed parade horns with red tassels. The Little Giant was the first steam engine to reach the great Chicago fire of 1871.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Fires
label: Subject
content: Fire Fighting
label: related event
content: Chicago Fire
setName: label: See more items in
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: 2005.0233.0008
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.0008
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: reverse painting on glass with silver and gilt overlay (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 21 1/2 in; 40.64 cm x 54.61 cm