Collection Highlights
The True Issue or "That's What's the Matter"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.35
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Fire helmet
Object Number:
1938.305
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 10 3/4 x 14 in. ( 22.9 x 27.3 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
applied leather: on frontpiece: "AMERICUS / VOL HOSE / 3 / CAHP"
printed paper label: affixed inside top of crown: "CAIRNS & BROTHER / FIREMEN'S EQUIPMENTS / 143 GRAND ST. NEW YORK"
Description:
Eight comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled linear decoration on crown and scroll border on brim; black leather frontpiece with "AMERICUS / VOL HOSE / 3 / CAHP" in gold painted leather lettering; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder; textile half-lining.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this helmet was used at Woodhaven, Long Island.
Credit Line:
Gift of Christian Ahpaulus
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
