Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: 2nd asst foreman
Object Number:
INV.8931
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 21 x 13 x 6 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "2ND ASST FOREMAN / 2 / P F"
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Ocher painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "2" cut out at center and backed with black painted leather, with "2ND ASST FOREMAN" and "P F" in applied, ocher painted lettering on recessed, red painted 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.
