Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: live oak
Object Number:
INV.9080
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 20 x 9.5 x 6.4 cm )
Marks:
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet with "44" with star above cut out at center and backed with gold painted leather; "LIVE OAK" in applied, gold painted leather lettering on recessed red ground at top; "A H" in applied, black painted leather lettering on recessed gold ground at bottom.
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.
