Collection Highlights
Undutiful Boys
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.23
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: Hopkin's hose
Object Number:
INV.9081
Date:
1868-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 4 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 19.4 x 10.5 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on reverse: "CAIRNS & BRO / 143 / GRAND St NY"
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Red and gold painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; large gold "3" appliquéd on recessed red ground at center, with "[HO]PKINS / H[O]SE" in applied, gold painted leather lettering 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.
