Collection Highlights
Journael Gehouden opt’ schip den gulden Bever en tschip den gulden Otter van de Manathans naer Patria Ende Wedrom naer de Manathans (Journal kept aboard the Ship the Golden Beaver and the Ship the Golden Otter from the Manhattans to Patria and the return)
Date:
October 1660- June 1663
Object Number:
MSS.Ships.Journals.1600
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: veteran
Object Number:
INV.8943
Date:
1885-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 x 2 in. ( 21 x 12.7 x 5.1 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "VETERAN / VFA / AD"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; intertwined initials ("VFA") in applied, gold painted leather at center, with "VETERAN" and "A D" in applied, gold painted lettering on recessed, red painted panels above and below.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
