Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Uniform fragment
Object Number:
Z.2601
Date:
1851-1883
Medium:
Leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 3 in. ( 0.6 x 9.8 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
applied: center: "WBFO"
Description:
Leather fragment of fire fighting uniform; red ground shield shaped field at the center with applied leather letters "WBFO" across the center; letters and remaining leather white; machine stitched trim on both slightly out-curving sides; leather torn above and below lettering.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
