A Famous Fire-Engine, 1863.

Object detail

Accession number

03/069/287

Maker

John Player & Sons

Production period

20th Century

Description

Player's Cigarette card of The Sutherland steam fire-engine, constructed by Merryweathers in 1863. It gained first prize at the Crystal Palace International contest. Number 11 in the Fire-Fighting Appliances Series of 50.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

1 p. : illustrations ; 7 cm

Record level

Item

Credit line

John Player & Sons. A Famous Fire-Engine, 1863., 03/069/287. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Current rights

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Classification

Card, Advertising Card, Tobacco Communication Artefacts Advertising Media

Production place

London Greater London England Great Britain British Isles Europe Great Britain United Kingdom

Subject: all levels

Collectors and collecting Cigarette cards Fire extinction Fire engines Fire fighters Great Britain

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

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