Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Fire helmet frontpiece: hickory engine
Object Number:
INV.9078
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 21 x 13 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted metal frontpiece from a fire helmet; large, gold painted "1" at center with "HICKORY / ENGINE" painted in gold above.
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.
