Collection Highlights
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1927.59
Medium:
Plaster with wash
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: 20
Object Number:
INV.9067
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 9.5 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
stamped (twice): on reverse: "ANDERSON / & / JONES"
pained: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "20" cut out at center and backed with gold painted leather, with "STEAM / . . . E Co" in applied, gold painted leather lettering 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.
