Collection Highlights
Fuller (Flat Iron) Building, New York
Date:
1903
Object Number:
PR.020.61.1
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Presentation shield
Object Number:
INV.176
Date:
1854-1900
Medium:
Leather, paint, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 47 x 31.8 x 3.8 cm )
Marks:
applied/painted leather: on obverse: "PRESENTED / BY THE ASSOCIATION / OF / EXEMPT / FIREMEN / OF HOBOKEN NJ / TO THE / EXEMPT FIREMEN'S BENEVOLENT / FUND ASSOCIATION / 23RD & 24TH WARD / OF NEW YORK"
Description:
Light olive (originally white?) painted leather presentation shield presented by the Association of Exempt Firemen of Hoboken, New Jersey, to the Exempt Firemens Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd and 24th Wards of New York City; upper half with painted fire engine and recessed, red painted panels with gold edging; lower half with recessed, black painted panels with gold edging; decorative stitching with gold infill throughout.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
