The firemen's record : as gleaned from all available sources of the history of Philadelphia from its earliest incipiency, covering a period of nearly three centuries : also a complete account of the large fires of the world edited under the supervision and published for the benefit of the Firemen's Pension Fund of the Philadelphia Fire Department by J. Albert Cassedy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cassedy, J. Albert.

Contributor:

Philadelphia (Pa.). Fire Department.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia Fire Department Museum.

Fires--Penn--Philadelphia--History.

Fires.

Fires--History.

Penn--Philadelphia--Fires--History.

Local Subjects:

Penn--Philadelphia--Fires--History.

Physical Description:

529 p., [31] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n., 1891 or 1892]

Notes:

"The proceeds to be applied to the relief of the widows and orphans of our firemen."

Advertising matter interspersed on every other page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

HSP has 2 copies. Copy 1 in the Elise Willing Balch Collection, 1954; c. 2 from Walter C. Brenner, 1984, and has original cover and more advertisements. Both copies have pasted-in clippings, including "Philadelphia Fire Museum" in c. 1.

OCLC:

7467790