Rare nineteenth-century photographic portrait of David Bustill Bowser (facing page). An oilpainting with a firefighting theme portrays the apocryphal phoenix rising from the ashes(above). A parade hat commissioned by the United States Fire Company (top). 25 … Bowser descended from a DelawareValley family whose American rootspredated the American Revolution. Hisgrandfather, Cyrus Bustill (1732-1806),was a baker in Philadelphia, and legend,perhaps apocryphal, holds he suppliedbread to General George Washingtonstroops during the encampment at ValleyForge…
Bowser, David Bustill, 1820-1900 · Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 · Presidents in art · Painting, American · African American painters · Presidents
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