Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: Jackson 4 J?I?
Object Number:
INV.8896
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 4 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 20 x 11.1 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on reverse; "WILSON / MAKER / 135 BOWERY / N.Y."
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "4" with star above cut out at center and backed with gold painted leather; "JACKSON" in applied, gold painted leather lettering at top.
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.
