Collection Highlights
Bank of Newburgh Bank Notes
Date:
1823-1824
Object Number:
PR.221.3
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet
Object Number:
INV.8851
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 )
Marks:
painted: inside crown: "L. ECKE . . ."
applied leather: on frontpiece: "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION"
painted: underside of brim: "2334"
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
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
