Collection Highlights
Interior of Durand's Studio at Maplewood, New Jersey
Date:
After 1878
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.1
Medium:
Albumen print
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Fire helmet: NY Exempt Assn, A.M.
Object Number:
INV.8882
Date:
1854-1880
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, other metal, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 11 1/4 x 15 in. ( 22.9 x 28.6 x 38.1 cm )
Marks:
applied leather: on frontpiece: "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / AM"
Description:
Eight comb black leather fire helmet with tooled floral vine border on brim; black leather frontpiece with firefighting tools painted at center and "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / AM" in gold painted leather lettering; brass eagle frontpiece holder; textile half-lining.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
