Engine Company No. 13
Cooper Hewitt

Engine Company No. 13

H. Barnes, USA · 1831–44

Block printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Scene depicts firemen pulling Engine No. 13 toward a burning house. Yellow ground color, block printed in pink and white distemper colors and in olive green/brown with glossy finish. This design continues three times around the circumference of the box. Border paper around lid: on green ground, branching stem block-printed in white and pink.

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