Collection Highlights
Lincoln visits General McClellan at Antietam
Date:
1862, published later
Object Number:
PR.065.778.5
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fire helmet: tooled leather
Object Number:
INV.9010
Date:
1836-1868
Medium:
Leather, paint, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 12 x 14 in. ( 19.7 x 30.5 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
painted: on inside of crown: "H19MB1"
stamped: on back of brim: "[H. T.] GRATACAP / N. Y."
Description:
Eight comb black painted leather fire helmet; brim with tooled tulip and scroll border and intricate interlacing scroll design on back; no frontpiece or frontpiece holder.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
