Fire helmet: NY Exempt Assn, A.M.
Classification:
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 )
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.
Object Number:
INV.8882
Marks:
applied leather: on frontpiece: "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / AM"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
33118
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fire helmet
Classification:
Date:
1854-1880
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, other metal, gilding, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 10 5/8 x 14 3/4 in. ( 22.9 x 27 x 37.5 cm )
Description:
Eight comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled linear decoration on crown and scroll border on brim; black leather frontpiece with firefighting tools painted at center and "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION" in gold painted leather lettering; gilded brass frontpiece holder in the shape of a fireman and silver painted metal cap on top of crown; red wool felt band lines inner rim of crown.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Object Number:
INV.8851
Marks:
painted: inside crown: "L. ECKE . . ."
applied leather: on frontpiece: "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION"
painted: underside of brim: "2334"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
33116
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fire helmet: Exempt Association
Classification:
Date:
1854-1880
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, textile, cotton fiber
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 11 1/4 x 14 in. ( 21.3 x 28.6 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Eighty(?) comb black painted leather fire helmet; black leather frontpiece with firefighting tools painted at center and "[NY] / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / JS" in gold painted leather lettering; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder with red, white, and blue ribbon on top of head; textile half-lining with cotton fiber padding.
Object Number:
INV.8853
Marks:
applied leather: on frontpiece: "[NY] / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / JS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
33110
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fire helmet
Classification:
Date:
1885-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, textile, cotton fiber
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 10 x 13 1/8 in. ( 22.9 x 25.4 x 33.3 cm )
Description:
Eight comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled linear decoration on crown and floral vine border on brim; black leather frontpiece with "VETERAN ASSN / VFA / NEW YORK / MWA" in gold painted leather lettering; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder; textile half-lining with cotton fiber padding.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Object Number:
INV.199
Marks:
applied leather: on frontpiece: "VETERAN / ASSN / VFA / NEW YORK / MWA"
handwritten: on tape affixed to back of brim: "53"
painted: underside of brim: "2334"
Gallery Label:
The Veteran Firemen's Association of New York was organized in 1885.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
33107
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fire bucket
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Fiber composition, paint, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/4 x 9 in. ( 46.4 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Ocher colored fiber composition fire bucket with tubular handle; tapered cylindrical form, possibly with rubberized coating; "M.P.B. CO. / 1 / W.T.B." painted in red and black on one side.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Object Number:
INV.135
Marks:
stamped in red: on bottom: ". . . RUBBER COMPANY / . . . / MANUFACTURERS / NEW YORK / . . ."
painted: on side: "M.P.B. CO. / 1 / W.T.B."
handwritten: on bottom: "W.T.B."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
33072
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fire helmet: eagle crest
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1886
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 11 3/8 x 14 3/4 in. ( 22.2 x 28.9 x 37.5 cm )
Description:
Eight comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled linear decoration on crown and floral vine border on brim; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder (frontpiece missing); textile half-lining.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Maud Ewen Childs, 1933
Object Number:
INV.8879
Marks:
typewritten: on exhibition label found with object: "HAT OF THE VETERAN FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION / OF NEW YORK / (Organized 1885) / WHICH BELONGED TO THE DONOR'S FATHER, / CHARLES A. CHILDS / Presented by Miss Maud Ewen Childs, 1933"
Gallery Label:
This helmet belonged to the donor's father, Charles A. Childs, a member of the Veteran Fireman's Association of New York (organized 1885). Newspaper used to pad the lining of the helmet bears the date of 1886.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
33061
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fire helmet: engineer A.C.
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1864
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, other metal, gilding, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 24.8 x 27.3 x 36.2 cm )
Description:
Thirty-two comb presentation fire helmet painted light yellow-green (originally white); oval metal (silver?) plaque on center back of brim with engraved inscription; painted leather frontpiece with fire engine and inscriptions "ENGINEER" and "A. C." in red and black on gold ground; gilded eagle frontpiece holder; textile half-lining.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Object Number:
INV.8884
Marks:
painted: on frontpiece: "ENGINEER / A. C."
engraved: on metal plaque affixed to back of brim: "Presented to / Alex Campbell / by the Members & Volunteers / of Lady Washington / Engine Co. No. 1 / May 2nd 1864"
typewritten: on exhibition label found with
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1864
eMuseum Object ID:
33058
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fire helmet frontpiece: 17
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 3/4 x 2 in. ( 20.3 x 9.5 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Black leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "17" cut out at center and backed with gold painted leather; "P[I?]PEMAN" and "FK" in applied, gold painted leather lettering at top and bottom.
Object Number:
INV.9057
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
33029
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fire helmet frontpiece: 42
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 6 x 3/4 in. ( 19.7 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Gold painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "42" in black leather appliqué at center; remnants of applied, gold painted leather lettering on recessed red grounds at top and bottom.
Object Number:
INV.9083
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
33025
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fire helmet: N.Y. Exempt Assn. C.T.
Classification:
Date:
1854-1880
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 11 x 14 5/8 in. ( 23.5 x 27.9 x 37.1 cm )
Description:
Eight comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled linear decoration on crown and floral vine border on brim; black painted leather frontpiece with "NY EXEMPT ASSOCIATION" and "CT" 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
Object Number:
INV.8891
Marks:
applied leather: on frontpiece: "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / CT"
painted: underside of brim: "2334"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
33017
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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