Collection Highlights
Atom Bomb Hits New York City: Illustration for "Hiroshima, U.S.A." in Collier's, 5 August 1950, cover
Date:
1950
Object Number:
1956.7
Medium:
Oil on paper laid on board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet: foreman
Object Number:
INV.9024
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Leather, metal, textile, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 10 3/8 x 15 in. ( 21.6 x 26.4 x 38.1 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on back of brim: "WILSON / . . . / . . . / NY"
applied leather: on frontpiece: "FOREMAN / 1 / JIH"
Description:
Eight comb black leather fire helmet with scroll border stamped on brim; leather frontpiece with "FOREMAN" and "JIH" in gold painted leather lettering and large black leather "1" appliquéd over crossed hook and ladder on gold ground; 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.
