Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: fleetwood 3, ??
Object Number:
INV.8902
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 21 x 10.2 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black, gold, and red painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; large "3" cut out at center and backed with gold painted leather, with "FLEETWOOD" in applied, gold painted leather lettering on recessed, red painted ground above.
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.
