Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Badge: Vet. Firemens
Object Number:
INV.2112
Date:
1892
Medium:
Silk, metal, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 2 5/8 x 1/4 in. ( 22.2 x 6.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
White silk ribbon printed in blue ink with: "ORION/VETERAN FIREMEN'S/ASSOCIATION/OF NEW YORK CITY/NEW YORK TO NEW ORLEANS/February 27th, 1892......(various names).....Semper Idem/As we Journey through life let us/live by the way"; gold metal fringing at bottom; rectangular brass pin at top.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
