Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Luce Center
Fireman's belt
Object Number:
INV.394
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, metal, paint
Dimensions:
overall (as folded): 17 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 45.4 x 7 x 3.8 cm )
overall (unfolded): 48 x 2 5/8 x 3/8 in. ( 12
Marks:
applied: across center: "CHIEF"
Pained: interior: "2334"
Description:
Brown leather fireman's belt painted yellow, with scalloped binding machine sewn around the outer edges, red recess at the center with applied leather lettering painted yellow, "CHIEF", with metal maker's label to the right secured with two metal studs; leather strap on one side and remnant of buckle opposite, both secured to the belt with metal studs.
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.
