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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Fire helmet: engineer A.C.
Object Number:
INV.8884
Date:
ca. 1864
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, other metal, gilding, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 24.8 x 27.3 x 36.2 cm )
Marks:
painted: on frontpiece: "ENGINEER / A. C."
engraved: on metal plaque affixed to back of brim: "Presented to / Alex Campbell / by the Members & Volunteers / of Lady Washington / Engine Co. No. 1 / May 2nd 1864"
typewritten: on exhibition label found with
Description:
Thirty-two comb presentation fire helmet painted light yellow-green (originally white); oval metal (silver?) plaque on center back of brim with engraved inscription; painted leather frontpiece with fire engine and inscriptions "ENGINEER" and "A. C." in red and black on gold ground; gilded 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.
