Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
Date:
1942-1945
Object Number:
1946.89a-c
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: assistant Americus
Object Number:
INV.9210
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/8 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. ( 20.6 x 14 x 2.9 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "ASSISTANT / AMERICUS / 2 / WPS"
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Gold and red painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "2" appliquéd over crossed hook and ladder on recessed, red painted shield at center, with "ASSISTANT / AMERICUS" and "WPS" in applied, gold painted lettering on recessed, red painted panels 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.
