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Americus engine no. 6 ("Big six" engine, built in 1851)

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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

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Americus engine no. 6 ("Big six" engine, built in 1851)

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Title
Americus engine no. 6 ("Big six" engine, built in 1851)
Names
Oram, Louis, 1852-1919 (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

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

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1887
Topics
New York (N.Y.). Fire Dept -- To 1899
Fire engines -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1850-1859
Genres
Prints
Notes
Source note: Our firemen : a history of New York Fire Department. (New York : A. Costello, 1887) Costello, Augustine E., Author.
Content: "Tweed's Company engine"--written on image.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 8 x 14 cm. (3 x 5 1/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17538225
Barcode: 33333159156849
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1af4c3b0-c55d-012f-e471-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1852: Creator Born
  • 1887: Issued
  • 1919: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The New York Public Library. "Americus engine no. 6 ("Big six" engine, built in 1851)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1887. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cdfb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The New York Public Library. "Americus engine no. 6 ("Big six" engine, built in 1851)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cdfb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The New York Public Library. (1887). Americus engine no. 6 ("Big six" engine, built in 1851) Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cdfb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cdfb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Americus engine no. 6 ("Big six" engine, built in 1851), (1887) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 22, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Americus engine no. 6 ("Big six" engine, built in 1851)