Collection Highlights
"St. Nicholas. Dec. 6th. A.D. 343"
Date:
1810
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1810.94
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Fire helmet
Object Number:
INV.8887
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. ( 21.6 x 27.3 x 36.8 cm )
Marks:
molded in relief: on lower side of frontpiece holder: "CAIRNS & BRO / 1 . . . GRAND NY"
printed: on textile lining crown: "143 GRAND ST / FIRE DEPT / CAIRNS & BRO. / SUPPLIES / NEW YORK"
stamped: on metal ventilation panel under front of brim: "PAT'D /
Description:
Thirty-two comb ventilated leather fire helmet painted cream color; tooled scroll border on brim, with embossed shield flanked by fire hydrants at center back surrounded by interlacing scrolls; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder (frontpiece missing); textile 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.
