Collection Highlights
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
Date:
1788-1789
Object Number:
1884.3
Medium:
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Badge: delegate Jamestown NY August 1906
Object Number:
INV.10432
Date:
1906
Medium:
Silk, brass, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in. ( 10.5 x 4.1 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
pin: "DELEGATE"
badge: "34TH ANNUAL CONVENTION/JAMESTOWN NY/F.A.S.N.Y./AUG. 21/1906"
Description:
Brass-colored metal pin with suspended ribbon badge. Pin features firefighting equipment and drapped ribbon design with text, "DELEGATE". Red ribbon with badge suspended from upper pin. Badge is shield-shaped with scroll and foleate designs. Central panel depicts a steamboat on a lake withe overhanging trees and a white enamel firefighter's shield at the bottom of the badge. Text on badge reads "34TH ANNUAL CONVENTION/JAMESTOWN, N.Y./CHAUTAUQUA LAKE/F.A.S.N.Y./AUG. 21/1906".
Credit Line:
Gift of William M. Wallace, 1934
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
