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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Luce Center
Fire helmet: NY Exempt Association, JW?
Object Number:
INV.8855
Date:
1854-1880
Medium:
Leather, paint, brass, gilding, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 10 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 19 x 26.4 x 35.9 cm )
Marks:
painted: on frontpiece: "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / J.W.[I?]"
stamped: on underside of brim: "ANDERSON / & / JONES / N.Y."
Description:
Eight comb black painted leather fire helmet with tooled linear decoration on crown and scroll border on brim; black leather frontpiece with firefighting tools painted in gold and red and gold painted inscription, "NY / EXEMPT / ASSOCIATION / J.W. . . ."; gilded brass eagle frontpiece holder; textile half-lining.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
