The fire in the Old Town Hall of Amsterdam, 1652, The fire in the Old Town Hall of Amsterdam and some adjacent buildings on 7 July 1652. To illustrate the old and new way of extinguishing fire. On the left, buckets and ladders attempt to extinguish the fire, on the right, the fire is fought with fire spray. With handwritten four-line caption in Dutch and French and handwritten letters on the show. Later states (with the letter) are plate 3 in the Jan van der Heyden Brandspuitenboek., On fire, ablaze, fire-fighting, fire-extinguishing equipment, townhall, City Hall of Amsterdam (14th century-16

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