Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
FDNY badge with purple bunting
Object Number:
2001.309
Description:
Sheild-shaped, machine-embroidered patch with an image of the Twin Towers.
Gallery Label:
According to a letter sent to the New-York Historical Society by John Condon, firefighter Andre Cox of Ladder Company 43 designed a purple bunting addition to the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) department logo patch as a memorialized addendium for those department members who suffered grevious losses. At the time the letter was sent, this design had not been officially aproved by the FDNY.
Credit Line:
Gift of Andre Cox
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
