Newspaper article about a piece of manually operated fire fighting equipment, used in the borough of Lititz in 1793, was one of ten pieces of antique fire fighting equipment included in the 38th annual convention parade of the Lancaster County Fireman's Association in Lititz. From the Sunday News.
American 19th Century Brass Fireman's Trumpet. Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman. No reproduction of this photograph is permitted without written permission from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Application form furnished upon request.
Willow Street Fire Company, fireman showing directions to open house. Photo taken for the Pennsylvania School of the Arts History of the Future Project.
