Original Recipient
Alexander Campbell
Fire helmet
ca. 1864
Leather, paint, brass, other metal, gilding, textile
Overall: 9 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. ( 24.8 x 27.3 x 36.2 cm )
Gift of the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund Association of the 23rd & 24th Wards, 1933
INV.8884
DescriptionThirty-two comb presentation fire helmet painted light yellow-green (originally white); oval metal (silver?) plaque on center back of brim with engraved inscription; painted leather frontpiece with fire engine and inscriptions "ENGINEER" and "A. C." in red and black on gold ground; gilded eagle frontpiece holder; textile half-lining.Markingspainted: on frontpiece: "ENGINEER / A. C."
engraved: on metal plaque affixed to back of brim: "Presented to / Alex Campbell / by the Members & Volunteers / of Lady Washington / Engine Co. No. 1 / May 2nd 1864"
typewritten: on exhibition label found with object: "WHITE 32-CONE HELMET PRESENTED / TO / ALEXANDER CAMPBELL / BY THE MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS OF / LADY WASHINGTON ENGINE COMPANY No. 1 / OF MORRISANIA / MAY 2, 1864"
ClassificationsFIRE FIGHTING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
