First Fire Engine
Bring a little Northborough home.
Slate Desk Plaque · 11 × 7 inches
A book, a pen and a page of work are ready on the desk, with the small plaque set nearby where there is time to notice its picture. Northborough's first fire engine gives the picture a practical object to look at, with public-service history carried by the equipment itself.
Northborough bought its first fire engine in 1846. A photograph taken for the town's 1916 anniversary and published in its 1921 history records that equipment. The image preserves a specific piece of local public-service history, connecting the town's commemorative record with the practical tools used by its firefighters.
The engine connects the town's anniversary record with the tools of local service. Set it beside your books, or give it as a local view that needs a shelf rather than wall space.
$35.20
- Selected option
- 7" x 11"
- SKU
- FH-BULK-AVG-AVA-B2-030-5344-243923-COLOR-R1
Add a local view to your desk
Historical sources
Source credit and attribution
Source: https://archive.org/details/northboroughhist01kent/page/n296/mode/1up
About the artwork
Product details and care
Size/capacity: 11 × 7 inches
Care: Handle carefully; wipe gently with a soft, dry cloth. Indoor use.
Supplier specifications: https://printify.com/app/products/5344/generic-brand/slate-desk-plaque
Original product information and credits
First Fire Engine
7 × 11 in Slate Desk Plaque
AI-assisted controlled-color interpretation. Original source unchanged. Fine detail and color are interpretive. No institutional endorsement.
Source: Photographer/artist not individually credited; book by Josiah Coleman Kent; Library of Congress copy digitized by Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/northboroughhist01kent/page/n296/mode/1up.
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