Title: Jacob Tripler the oldest fireman now attached to the fire department, 1860
Creator(s): Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), photographer
Date Created/Published: Philad[elphi]a : W.L. Germon photographer 168 Chestnut St. Philada., 1860.
Medium: 1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; photo 23.1 x 15 cm, on mount 29.2 x 24.1 cm.
Summary: Photo shows Jacob Tripler, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing fireman’s uniform and holding a large horn.
Title from item.
Blind stamped at bottom of mount: W.L. Germon 168 Ches’t. St. Phila.
Inscribed in pencil at bottom of mount: Jacob Tripler – 1860.
Inscribed in ink on verso: Jacob Tripler the oldest fireman now attached to the fire department, 1860.
Stamped on verso: W.L. Germon Photographer 168 Chestnut St. Philada..
(DLC/PP-2001:068).
Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.