Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: N.Y. Exempt Assn. chief engineer
Object Number:
INV.8890
Date:
1854-1880
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 19.7 x 13.3 x 3.8 cm )
Marks:
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Gold, red, and black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; fire engine at center with "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / CHIEF ENGINEER" 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.
