Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: 2nd VP NY Exempt Assn., 23rd Ward
Object Number:
INV.8852
Date:
1854-1880
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 12.1 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Gold painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; firefighting tools painted at center, with "2ND / VICE PRESIDENT / NY EXEMPT ASSN / 23RD WARD" in applied, gold painted leather lettering above and below.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
