Fire Marker "Franklin Fire Company"
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This marker was used by the Franklin Fire Company of Chester, Pennsylvania. The company was founded on November 20, 1867 and incorporated February 22, 1869. Franklin was Chester's first fire company, located on Mary St. and Concord Ave. The marker consists of a round central portion whose rim is made of a hose, a crossed hook and ladder in the middle and a fire helmet flanked by a firefighter’s speaking trumpet and axe. A banner in the center bears the text “F CO 1.” The top arc reads “FRANKLIN” and the bottom arc “CHESTER PA.” The lack of holes for attachment to an engine points to this marker not being an engine plate, but rather a grave marker or flag holder.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Fire Fighting
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content: Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Work
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: 2005.0233.0923
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.0923
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plaque, grave
label: Object Name
content: plate, fire engine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 7 3/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 18.7325 cm