Collection Highlights
Broadway, A.T. Stewart Dry Goods Store
Date:
1851
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.28
Medium:
1896 photo-mechanical color reproduction of an engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet frontpiece: Victoria fire brigade
Object Number:
INV.9211
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 5 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 13.7 x 3.2 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "VICTORIA / FIRE / BRIGADE"
painted: reverse: "2334"
Description:
Black, gold, and red painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet; "VICTORIA / FIRE / BRIGADE" in applied, red painted lettering on recessed, gold painted panels at top, center, and bottom.
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.
