Specimen sheet of volunteer fire fighting vignettes, c.1870 (transfer litho)

Specimen sheet containing seven volunteer fire fighting vignettes numbered 998-1004. Vignettes depict a fire hydrant (998); firefighters racing a horse-drawn steam engine and hand-drawn hose carriage down a city street; the anchor emblem of the Hope Fire Company (1000); a firefighter in his uniform of helmet, long coat, and boats holding a hose with smoke in the background (1001); coat of arms of Philadelphia (1002); firefighters racing a horse-drawn ladder truck down a city street (1003); and a firefigher using a ladder to rescue a woman and baby from a smoke filled window with a hose ...