No. 1 The Empire Hook & Ladder polka [graphic] / Composed by Prof. Henry G. Thunder.; P.S. Duval's Steam lith. press, Philada.

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No. 1 The Empire Hook & Ladder polka [graphic] / Composed by Prof. Henry G. Thunder.; P.S. Duval's Steam lith. press, Philada.

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Item No: pdcp00021
Title: No. 1 The Empire Hook & Ladder polka [graphic] / Composed by Prof. Henry G. Thunder.; P.S. Duval's Steam lith. press, Philada.
Media Type: Chromolithographs
Source: Print and Picture Collection
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Copyrighted by A. Fiot.


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Dedication: Dedicated with esteem to Wm F. Smith esq. President. By his friend Ozeas H. Ramborger.


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Empire Hook & Ladder Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)


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Free Library of Philadelphia: Philadelphiana - Fire Companies


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Sheet music cover showing two fire fighters with the company hook and ladder truck in front of the Empire Fire House at Franklin Street above Wood Street in Kensington. The volunteers, attired in uniforms, stand near the rear of the vehicle on which at the harness end of the truck two trumpets hang. The volunteer fire company was instituted February 6, 1851.


Creation Year: ca. 1852
Creator Name: Duval, Peter S., 1804 or 1805-1886 - Printer
Thunder, H. G., 1832-1891 - Composer
Smith, William F., dedicatee
Fiot, A. (Augustus) - Publisher
William Hall & Son - Publisher

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