Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Historical Artifacts
Ribbon: volunteer firemen...Buffalo, NY August 1901
Object Number:
INV.10543
Date:
1901
Medium:
Silk, metal, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 1/4 in. ( 19.4 x 6 x 0.6 cm )
Marks:
tin shield inscribed with "VOLUNTEER/FIREMEN/ASSN/CITY OF/NY"
ribon printed with: "STATE/CONVENTION/BUFFALO, NY/AUG. 21 TO 25, 1901/PAN AMERICAN/EXPOSITION"
Description:
Purple silk ribbon with gold metal band and American flag bowtie at top; tin shield inscribed with "VOLUNTEER/FIREMEN/ASSN/CITY OF/NY" suspended from band; ribon printed with: "STATE/CONVENTION/BUFFALO, NY/AUG. 21 TO 25, 1901/PAN AMERICAN/EXPOSITION"
Credit Line:
Gift of William M. Wallace, 1934
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
