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Unidentified photographer
A fireman
n.d.
Ambrotype, hand-painted, 1/6plate
Private collection of Jerry Gorman
LL/120201
(Jerry Gorman, 24 May 2022) The other image is a 1/6 plate ambrotype. Also, a believed copy. (Torrent Hose, 5). It is housed in a 6th plate thermoplastic case, Berg 1-96, Fireman Saving Child, with hook and ladder in the center. [Torrent Hose Co No 5, Ithaca Fire Department was organized March 2, 1843 and consisted of "One carriage for fir buckets and light enough to beoperated by a team of young sprouts who were full of piss and vinegar, and old run fast." 308 E. Seneca St., 1882, moved to NE corner of Geneva and State streets.
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