Collection Highlights
Provisional Constitution and Ordinances for the People of the United States
Date:
1858
Object Number:
LIB.KF4550.Z9.B76
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Fire helmet frontpiece: 2nd Vice Pres., N.Y., Exempt Assn., RW
Object Number:
INV.8909
Date:
1854-1880
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 20.6 x 12.1 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Gold painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; firefighting tools painted at center, with "2ND / VICE PREST / NY EXEMPT ASSN / RW" in applied, gold painted leather lettering 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.
