Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918
Date:
1918
Object Number:
1984.68
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet: chief 5th Battalion
Object Number:
1938.62
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, textile, cotton fiber
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 14 1/8 in. ( 24.8 x 27.3 x 35.9 cm )
Marks:
painted: on frontpiece: "CHIEF / 5TH / BATTALION"
handwritten: on tape affixed to back of brim: "47"
Description:
Eight comb cream painted (originally white?) leather fire helmet with tooled linear decoration on crown and floral vine border on brim; painted leather frontpiece with crossed bugles and inscription, "CHIEF 5TH BATTALION," in black and red on gold ground; brass eagle frontpiece holder; textile half-lining with cotton fiber padding.
Gallery Label:
The donor claimed that this helmet once belonged to Richard Croker (1841-1922), leader of Tammany Hall and an influential figure in New York City politics in the late 1880s and 1890s.
Credit Line:
Gift of Albert Blumgart
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
