Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Historical Artifacts
Fire helmet frontpiece: monitor
Object Number:
INV.9082
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 19.7 x 14.6 x 1.3 cm )
Marks:
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black, gold, and red painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; large gold "2" appliquéd at center, with "MONITOR" in applied, gold painted leather lettering on recessed, red ground 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.
