Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece fragments (3)
Object Number:
Z.2041a-c
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 5 x 1 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 12.7 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Fragments of a black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; large "2" cut out at center and backed with gold painted leather, with "RELIANCE" in applied, gold painted lettering on recessed panel above and applied leather star on recessed panel below.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
