Collection Highlights
Mayor George B. McClellan at the controls of the first subway train, October 27, 1904
Date:
1904
Object Number:
PR.020.90.1
Medium:
Silver gelatin print
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Luce Center
Fire bucket
Object Number:
INV.134
Date:
1800
Medium:
Leather, paint, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 8 in. ( 34.3 x 24.8 x 20.3 cm )
Marks:
painted: on opposite sides: "WASHINGTON / Fire Society. / B. T. Wells" and "No. 2 / 1800"
Description:
Ocher painted leather fire bucket with rounded black rim and tubular brown leather handle; cylindrical shape with gradual inward curve from mid-point to bottom; inscriptions painted in black.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
