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CURRIER IVES PRINT fire FIGHTER FIREMAN Department Poster

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The2FunAdGuyz offer a new, high quality reproduction print of an incredible Currier and Ives lithograph from the mid-1800s. The Life of a Fireman - The Metropolitan System. In the mid-1800s fire was always a danger in large cities. A fire in a single wood building could spread and destroy a block or an entire section of a city or town. The local, mostly volunteer, fire departments were all that stood against an unmitigated disaster. In this dramatic print we see the slow evolution of equipment and strategy. A horse-drawn pumper is shown racing to a fire along with a hose cart and ladder wagon. Unlike many other prints in this series the horse have replaced hand-pulled carts and a steam engine pumper has replaced a hand pumper. The courage and bravery has not changed. A beautiful print.

We have many other Currier & Ives prints featuring firefighters in our store. There are three others in the series The American Fireman. Any, or all, of them would make perfect gifts for a firefighter. Both Currier & Ives were members of a volunteer firefighters in New York City.

Nat Currier and Jim Ives, both of whom were volunteer fireman, printed the original lithograph on which this print is based. From their business on Spruce Street in Brooklyn, New York, Currier and Ives printed over 1 million prints covering over 7500 different titles from 1834 to 1907. Their work chronicles an era in America before the printing press could produce colored prints and stone lithography were the only method for doing color prints in quantity. Though their lithographs are in high demand today, they once described their business as Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures.

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PAPER QUALITY: This new print is on a highest quality, acid-free, 100-pound glossy premium text paper that allows for maximum color brilliance and fidelity for older images.

AVAILABILITY: In Stock! – Ships Within 1 Business Day of cleared payment.

Image Size: 16.5 inches wide by 10.5 inches high.

Paper Size: 17 inches wide by 11 inches high. This allows for a small border around the image for matting and framing. When matted, this format is perfect for a standard 16-inch x 20-inch frame, a manageable size for a wide variety of decorating purposes.

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