Collection Highlights
Lincoln visits General McClellan at Antietam
Date:
1862, published later
Object Number:
PR.065.778.5
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: Niagara
Object Number:
INV.9138
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 21 x 13.3 x 3.8 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "NIAGARA / 1 / 1850"
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet with yellow (originally white?) inscriptions; large "1" appliquéd on recessed panel at center, with "NIAGARA" and "1850" in applied 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.
