Crowd watching fire from behind steaming fire engine, with firefighter at hose. No horses in traces. Written on driver's seat: "Three." Stamped on mat back: "From Alvord & Co., exclusively commercial photographers, 55 Rowland St., Detroit, Mich., ground floor." Handwritten on mat back: "Burning of the high school, Jan. 27, 1893. Amoskeag engine."
