Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: N.Y. Exempt
Object Number:
INV.8936
Date:
1854-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 20 x 11.4 x 6.4 cm )
Marks:
painted: on obverse: "N Y / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION"
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; firefighting tools painted in red and gold at center, with "NY / EXEMPT" and "ASSOCIATION" painted in gold 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.
