Collection Highlights
Siamese Twins
Date:
1836
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1836.55
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: Americus
Object Number:
INV.9135
Date:
1836-1868
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 5 x 1 3/4 in. ( 19 x 12.7 x 4.4 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "AMERICUS / 1 / JHC"
stamped: on reverse: ". . . GRATACAP / 143 / GRAND ST N.Y."
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; large, gold painted leather "1" superimposed on crossed hook and ladder at center, with "AMERICUS" and "JHC" 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.
