Fire helmet: NY Exempt Association, DB
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Leather, brass, gilding, paint, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 11 x 14 1/2 in. ( 22.2 x 27.9 x 36.8 cm )
Description:
Eight comb ventilated black leather fire helmet with tooled scrolling leaf border on brim; black leather frontpiece with firefighting tools painted at center and "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / DB" in gold painted leather lettering; gilded 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.8856
Marks:
relief: on metal disk affixed inside top of crown: "CAIRNS & BRO. / 143 GRAND ST. N.Y. / . . . / VENTILATED HAT"
stamped: on metal ventilation panel under front of brim: "PAT'D / CAIRNS & BROTHER / 143 GRAND ST. NEW YORK"
applied leather: on frontpiece:
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
1992
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fire helmet
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 11 x 14 1/8 in. ( 22.9 x 27.9 x 35.9 cm )
Description:
Eight comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled scroll border on brim; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder (frontpiece missing); textile half-lining.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
Object Number:
INV.8885
Marks:
printed cloth label: affixed inside crown: "ANDERSON & JONES / MFGRS / FIRE HATS / CAPS / BELTS, SHIRTS / AND SUPPLIES / 184 GRAND ST. N.Y."
handwritten: on scrap of paper affixed inside crown: "Lend. Ford"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
1917
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, cotton fiber
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 10 3/8 x 14 in. ( 24.8 x 26.4 x 35.6 cm )
Description:
Thirty-two comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled floral vine border on brim; black leather frontpiece with firefighting tools painted at center and "[N]Y EXEMPT ASSOCIATION" and "GHN" in gold painted leather lettering; gilded brass lion 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.200
Marks:
applied leather: on frontpiece: "[N]Y / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / GHN"
incised: on underside of brim: "EFA"
handwritten: on paper affixed inside crown: "M. CALL . . ."
painted: underside of brim: "2334"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
1715
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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