Collection Highlights
Fort Hamilton Polka Redowa
Date:
1852
Object Number:
PR.020.1.1
Medium:
Color Lithograph.
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Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: ?ope hose
Object Number:
INV.8935
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. ( 19.7 x 14 x 3.5 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "[H]OPE / HOSE / 2 / [W K?]"
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "2" cut out at center and backed with gold painted leather, with "[H]OPE / HOSE" in applied, gold painted lettering on recessed panels 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.
