Collection Highlights
Fuller (Flat Iron) Building, New York
Date:
1903
Object Number:
PR.020.61.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: 58 engineer
Object Number:
INV.8910
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 4 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 20.3 x 10.5 x 7 cm )
Marks:
handwritten: on reverse: "June 21, 1923"
applied/painted leather: at center of obverse: "58"
painted: on bottom of obverse: "ENGINEER"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "58" cut out at center and backed with gold painted leather, with "ENGINEER" painted in gold below.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
