Collection Highlights
Fraktur: Birth and Baptism certificate of Joseph Flor
Date:
1811
Object Number:
PR.022.13
Medium:
Hand-colored print
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Fire helmet frontpiece: VIII
Object Number:
INV.8917
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 x 2 5/8 in. ( 21 x 12.7 x 6.7 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "WASHINGTON / 7 / J J L"
Description:
Black painted leather frontpiece from a fire helmet with white painted leather "7" appliquéd on recessed shield at center, with "[W]ASHINGTON" and "J J L" in applied, white painted lettering on recessed, red painted panels above and below.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
