Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet: Americus
Object Number:
INV.9023
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Leather, paint, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 24.1 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper affixed inside crown: "Wm. H. Hayden"
applied leather: on frontpiece: "AMERICUS / 1 / WHH"
stamped: on back of brim: ". . . / MAKER / . . . / BOWERY / . . ."
Description:
Four comb black painted fire helmet with tooled linear decoration on crown and floral border on brim; black leather frontpiece with large gold "1" appliquéd over crossed hook and ladder, with "AMERICUS" in gold painted leather lettering above; gold painted leather 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.
