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Firefighter with Helmet and Trumpet, circa 1870
Dessaur, Fernando1865/1875
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
A fireman poses for a photograph in the New York City studio of Fernando Dessaur about 1870. He holds a large trumpet suggesting that he may have been a leader in his company. Firefighters used trumpets to call out directions to others during fire emergencies.
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- Title: Firefighter with Helmet and Trumpet, circa 1870
- Creator: Dessaur, Fernando
- Date: 1865/1875
- Location: United States, New York, New York
- Subject Keywords: Firefighters, Cartes-de-visite (Card photographs), Card photographs (Photographs), Photographs, Studio portraits
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
- Object ID: 2012.0.5.59
- Image ID: THF212046
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford
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