Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Date:
1924
Object Number:
1952.45
Medium:
Patinated plaster on a wooden base
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece
Object Number:
Z.2040
Date:
1854-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/8 x 4 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 20.6 x 11.7 x 3.8 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "EXEMPT / J F"
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Red painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; fire engine painted in gold at center, with "EXEMPT" and "J F" in applied, gold painted lettering on recessed black panels above and below.
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.
