Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Fireman's belt: protection
Object Number:
INV.9116
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Leather, metal
Dimensions:
overall (folded): 18 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 47 x 4.4 x 6 cm )
Marks:
applied: across center: "PROTECTION"
painted: back: "2334"
Description:
Brown leather fireman's belt with broken buckle at one end; red recess across the center with applied lettering painted yellow, reading "PROTECTION".
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.
