Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: Maspeth
Object Number:
INV.9139
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 5 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 20.3 x 14.6 x 3.8 cm )
Marks:
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black and gold painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; large "4" cut out at center and backed with gold painted leather, with "MASPETH" and "S F Co" in applied, gold painted leather lettering above and below.
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.
