Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2017.55.2 |
Description |
Color photographs of the Converse engine owned by the Waterford Historical Museum. Depicted here are two circular parts, one featuring the words "Button & Blake Builders No.458" and the other featuring the words "Waterford Sar:Co.NY. 1857." The badges are on display in the South Room display case in the southeast corner |
Classification |
Photography |
Date |
1857 |
Print size |
4" x 6" |
Provenance |
Originally in Unionville, Indiana, to South Bend, Indiana, to Malden, Mass in 1902 (P), Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities S.P.N.E.A. (P), to a museum in Brewster, MA, to Houston, Texas in 1989 for $10,000, auctioed to Spread Eagle Tavern, Hanoverton, Ohio, sold to WHMCC 9Dec2005 for $7500 |
Search Terms |
Button fire equipment Button fire engine parts Button Fire Engine Company Converse |
Subjects |
Fire engines & equipment |