Collection Highlights
Properties, Including Vacant Plots, Foreclosed in Manhattan During 1930-1931-1932
Date:
March 29, 1933
Object Number:
LIB.F128.HD251.R28
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fireman's belt fragment: Columbia
Object Number:
INV.9118
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, metal
Dimensions:
overall (as folded): 18 x 3 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 45.7 x 8.6 x 4.1 cm )
Marks:
applied: across center: "COLUMBIA"
applied: center of belt sleeve: "1"
painted: back: "2334"
Description:
Brown leather fireman's belt; red recess in the center with applied painted leather letters reading "COLUMBIA"; yellow leather binding machine-sewn around outer edges; the belt sleeve has a red shield shaped recess with "1" at the center, set next to a metal medallion with the image of a fire engine at the center.
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.
