Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: 10
Object Number:
INV.8904
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 in. ( 21 x 12.1 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
handwritten: on reverse: "June 21, 1923"
Description:
Yellow (originally white?) painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "10" cut out at center and backed with red painted leather, with hatchet painted in gold and red above.
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.
