Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Badge: 22nd Annual Convention...Vol. Firemen's Assn...1917
Object Number:
INV.10467
Date:
1917
Medium:
metal, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 x 5 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
pin: "DELEGATE"
badge: "FREEPORT L.I./22ND ANNUAL CONVENTION/WOODCLEFT CANAL/SOUTHERN NEW YORK/VOLUNTEER FIREMENS/ASS'N./JUNE 12-14, 1917"
Description:
Metal pin with suspended ribbon and badge. Pin depcits a firefighter's helmet shield with crossed firefighting equipment, text flanking shield reads, "DELEGATE". Red ribbon attached to the back of the pin. Badge shaped like a clam shell suspended from the pin. Badge features a central scene depciting a nautical scene with firefightingn equipment above. Text on badge reads, "FREEPORT L.I./22ND ANNUAL CONVENTION/WOODCLEFT CANAL/SOUTHERN NEW YORK/VOLUNTEER FIREMENS/ASS'N./JUNE 12-14, 1917".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
