Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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view all| Title | Date | Object Number | |
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| Helmet: FDNY | 1942 | 1945.341 | |
| Fog horn | 1860-1890 | 1939.485 | |
| Door plate | 1860-1900 | 1956.205 | |
| Alarm box key | 1890-1920 | 2216 | |
| Leather belt sleeve: REC SEC LF | 1850-1900 | INV.8961 | |
| Leather strap fragment | 1850-1925 | INV.8978 | |
| Belt sleeve: 5 | 1875-1925 | INV.12132 | |
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Marble brick or marker: Hudson | ca.1877 | INV.8986 |
| Miniature fire helmet | 1880-1940 | INV.8964 | |
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Mourning badge on cardboard: Engine Co.5... | 1856-1866 | INV.10473 |
