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Badge of 1855

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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New York City -- Fire Department -- 1899 & Earlier

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Title
Badge of 1855
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Fire Department -- 1899 & Earlier

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1882
Topics
New York (N.Y.). Fire Dept -- To 1899
Badges -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1850-1859
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Printed on image: "N.Y. Fire Department. 240." Printed on border: "Organization." "69." Text in part: "In 1855 the Legislature ordered the Common Council to design a badge to be worn by firemen. The accompaning illustration represents this badge, the object of which was to prevent persons not firemen from entering the lines during a fire."
Source note: The story of the volunteer fire department of the city of New York. (New York : Harper, 1882) Sheldon, George William (1843-1914), Author.
Physical Description
Line photoengravings
Extent: Sheet 20 x 13 cm. (7 3/4 x 5 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17538225
Barcode: 33333159157193
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1b55a8c0-c55d-012f-89b9-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1882: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The New York Public Library. "Badge of 1855" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1882. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cdd6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The New York Public Library. "Badge of 1855" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cdd6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The New York Public Library. (1882). Badge of 1855 Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cdd6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cdd6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Badge of 1855, (1882) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 25, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Badge of 1855