Related
Structural Fires, Ash Mountain Machine Shop Fire.
An ATF Firefighter douses the flames of an enclosure
Machinery Repairman 1st Class Ruben Arocho and Machinery Repairman Fireman Anthony Harris manufacture a shaft on a lathe.
A fireman's helmet is on top of a backpack. Fire gear firefighter equipment.
Structural Fires, Ash Mountain Machine Shop fire.
Structural Fires, Ash Mountain Machine Shop fire.
Tapping Machine, for Manufacturers of Fire-Arms, Sewing Machines, etc.
Structural Fires, Ash Mountain Machine Shop Fire.
Structural Fires, Ash Mountain Machine Shop fire.
A machine for delivering persons from burning houses / R. Aitken sculp.
Summary
Print shows two men manipulating a large wooden device with pulleys and a large basket attached for the rescue of persons from burning buildings.
Title from related article in The Pennsylvania Magazine.
For the Pena. Magazine.
Illus. in: The Pennsylvania Magazine: or American Monthly Museum. Philadelphia : Printed and sold by R. Aitken, 1775 (December), p. 556.
Reference copy in LOT 4428.
Tags
rescue work
lifesaving at fires
fire escapes
baskets
etchings
periodical illustrations
machine
persons
houses
aitken
sculp
aitken sculp
1775
two men
robert aitken
rare books
engraving
etching
book illustrations
prints
Date
01/01/1775
Contributors
Aitken, Robert, 1735-1802, engraver
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.