Collection Highlights
Manhattan Rifles!
Date:
1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.055.3.226
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet: NY Exempt Assn. WOS
Object Number:
INV.8877
Date:
1854-1880
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: "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / WOS"
painted: underside of brim: "2334"
Description:
Sixty-four comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled scroll border on brim; black leather frontpiece with firefighting tools painted at center and "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / WOS" in gold painted leather lettering; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder; red wool felt half-lining with drawstring closure.
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.
