Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414b
Medium:
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button: May Day
Object Number:
1940.903
Date:
1900
Medium:
Silk, metal, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 2 3/8 x 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 6 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
pin: "MEMBER"
ribbon: printed with gold ink: "RICHMOND CO/DELEGATION/TO/SOUTHERN NEW YORK/VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S/ASSOCIATION/BLUE POINT LI/OCT. 16-17, 1900"
Description:
Red silk ribbon and circular plastic pin suspended from bronze pin; ribbon printed with gold ink: "RICHMOND CO/DELEGATION/TO/SOUTHERN NEW YORK/VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S/ASSOCIATION/BLUE POINT LI/OCT. 16-17, 1900"; plastic pin painted with fireman carrying baby from burning building. Pin with plastic inset reads, "MEMBER".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
