Collection Highlights
Twenty-third Street west of Sixth Avenue
Date:
1900
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet: Exempt Association
Object Number:
INV.8853
Date:
1854-1880
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, textile, cotton fiber
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 11 1/4 x 14 in. ( 21.3 x 28.6 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
applied leather: on frontpiece: "[NY] / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / JS"
Description:
Eighty(?) comb black painted leather fire helmet; black leather frontpiece with firefighting tools painted at center and "[NY] / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / JS" in gold painted leather lettering; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder with red, white, and blue ribbon on top of head; textile half-lining with cotton fiber padding.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
