Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414b
Medium:
Glass
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Luce Center
Fire helmet
Object Number:
INV.8859
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 11 x 14 3/8 in. ( 22.2 x 27.9 x 36.5 cm )
Marks:
handwritten: on tape affixed to back of brim: "40"
Description:
Thirty-two(?) 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
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
