Collection Highlights
Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States
Date:
1858
Object Number:
LIB.KF4550.Z9.B76
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Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: Hope H?S?2
Object Number:
INV.8900
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 3 x 2 1/4 in. ( 19.7 x 7.6 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "2" cut out at center and backed with yellow painted leather, with "HOPE H[O]S[E]" in applied, white painted leather lettering 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.
