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A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: 36
Object Number:
INV.9145
Date:
1836-1868
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 x 2 in. ( 20 x 13.3 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "EQU. . .ABLE / 36 / . . .F [S?]"
stamped: on reverse: "H. T. GRATACAP / 143 / GRAND St N. Y."
Description:
Black, yellow, and red painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "36" cut out at center and backed with yellow painted leather, with "EQU. . .ABLE" in applied, yellow painted lettering on recessed, red painted panel above and ". . .F [S?]" in applied, black painted lettering on recessed, yellow painted panel 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.
