"We Lend a Helping Hand" Engine Panel Painting

Johnson, Joseph Hoffman · 1851

We Lend a Helping Hand was the motto of the Americus No.6 Company, which operated in New York, New York from 1848-1865. In addition to their motto, the Americus Company was also often represented by a tiger, or simply by its number, 6. The panel bears all of these representations, wreathed by golden garlands, but leaves out elaborate patriotic imagery or suggestive classical forms. We Lend a Helping Hand represents a more simply designed panel that plainly represented the fire company.