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Fire Extinguisher Pumping Mechanism, from "Atlas til Friherre Klinckowströms Bref om de Förente Staterne" (Atlas to accompany Baron Klinckowström's Letters Written on a Journey to the United States, 1818–20)

1824

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Illustration of Fire extinguisher pumping mechanism invented and manufactured by Perkins and Jones, Philadelphia (see related descriptive text: 24.90.1965(12)).

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Title: Fire Extinguisher Pumping Mechanism, from "Atlas til Friherre Klinckowströms Bref om de Förente Staterne" (Atlas to accompany Baron Klinckowström's Letters Written on a Journey to the United States, 1818–20)

Series/Portfolio: Atlas til Friherre Klinckowströms Bref om de Förente Staterne (Atlas to accompany Baron Klinckowström's Letters Written on a Journey to the United States, 1818–20)

Author: Relates to Axel Klinckowström (Swedish, 1775–1837)

Date: 1824

Medium: Etching

Dimensions: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 8 9/16 in. (16.7 × 21.8 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924

Object Number: 24.90.1965(12)

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