United States Firemen

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New York: Charles Magnus & Co., n.d. ca. late 1850s . Hand-colored lithograph bifolium letter-sheet, approx. 10½ x 8½ inches; mild dampstain along right lower edge barely touching the image; all else very good. Depicts approximately 30 New York firemen in uniform, with a pump wagon in front of the fire station bearing a sign reading Eagle Hose Co., No. 2, Organized October 1831. Magnus worked in New York City from 1850 to 1899, and

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