Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: eagle
Object Number:
INV.9222
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 4 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 20 x 12.4 x 7 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "HUGUENOT / 1 / HOSE"
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "1" cut out at center and backed with gold painted leather, with "HUGUENOT" and "HOSE" in applied, gold painted lettering on recessed, red painted panels above and below.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
