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| The Fire Escape, ca. 1871 (Kellogg & Bulkeley, Hartford) |
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| A family group of women and children in a stirring episode. As the caption explains, they were awakened at midnight only to discover that their sole hope of escape--whose final outcome is unknown--is by passing from one rooftop to another by this precarious bridge that appears to be suspended in the crimson flames that will soon consume it. | |||
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