Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1856-1857
Object Number:
1857.11
Medium:
Oak
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Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: 3
Object Number:
INV.9034
Date:
1923
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 4 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 21 x 11.7 x 7.3 cm )
Marks:
handwritten: on reverse: "June 21 / 1923"
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Red painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "3" cut out at center and backed with gold painted leather, with "1646" painted in gold below. Reverse dated "June 21 1923" in white paint.
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.
