Chris Cummings Fire Call Ray Mertes Comes in an open edition

Comes in an open edition unframed image size of 21" x 31

Bob Byerley says:  ""Her mother lay with her one Saturday spring morning and told her the story of A Little Red Hen who asked all the other animals in the barnyard for help in baking her bread

This young girl stands

As the parents relax

The first snow flakes have fallen with many more to come

Chris Cummings Fire Call Ray Mertes Comes in an open editionThese three beautiful horses race their fire wagon through the snowy streets to get to the scene of the blaze. The steam pumper seen in this print made firefighting more effective by providing the first continuous supply of water to a fire. The horses got the equipment there faster than men on foot. However, note in this print that there are no additional firefighters in the scene. Firefighters still had to walk to the fire until "running boards" were