Collection Highlights
Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: M.F.D.2, FCMM
Object Number:
INV.8899
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 4 5/8 x 2 in. ( 19.7 x 11.7 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on reverse: "WILSON / MAKER / 135 BOWERY / N.Y."
Description:
Black and red painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "2" appliquéd over crossed hook and ladder at center, with "MFD" and "FCMM" in applied 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.
