Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet: Hopkinson Hose Co.
Object Number:
INV.9008
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 11 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. ( 21.6 x 28.3 x 37.8 cm )
Marks:
applied leather: on frontpiece: "ASSISTANT / HOPKINS / HOSE CO / CW"
painted: underside of brim: "2334"
Description:
Eight comb black leather fire helmet with tooled floral vine border on brim; gold painted leather frontpiece with red "3" appliquéd at center and "ASSISTANT / HOPKINS / HOSE CO / CW" in gold painted leather lettering; brass eagle frontpiece holder; textile half-lining.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
