Collection Highlights
Plan of the Central Park, New York : Entry No. 4 in the competition
Date:
March 20, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.234
Medium:
Ink and colored washes
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Luce Center
Fire helmet
Object Number:
INV.109
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 14 in. ( 22.2 x 27.3 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
applied leather: on frontpiece: "CH[IEF] / ENGINEER / WILL[I]AMSBRIDGE / FIRE DEPT / RMcT"
stamped: on metal ventilation panel under front of brim: "PAT'D / CAIRNS & BROTHER / 143 GRAND ST. NEW YORK"
relief: on metal disk affixed inside top of crown: "C
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 interlaced scrolls; red and gold leather frontpiece with "CH[IEF] / ENGINEER / WILL[I]AMSBRIDGE / FIRE DEPT / RMcT" in gold painted leather lettering; brass eagle frontpiece holder; 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.
