Collection Highlights
Wonderful Willie! : What he and Tommy did to Spain / sketches and rhymes by L.D. Bradley.
Date:
ca. 1899
Object Number:
LIB.PZ7.B66.W6
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Fire helmet frontpiece: 1st Vice President...
Object Number:
INV.9087
Date:
1854-1900
Medium:
Metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 19.7 x 12.1 x 4.4 cm )
Marks:
painted in black: on obverse: "1st VICE PRES. / EXEMPT SONS / 23rd WARD / C.V."
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Gold painted metal frontpiece from a fire helmet; firefighting tools painted at center with "1st VICE PRES / EXEMPT SONS" and "23rd WARD / C.V." painted in black 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.
