Fire Badge "Lawson Hose Company No. 5 Veteran Association."
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This ribbon belonged to a member of the Lawson Hose Company No. 5 Veteran’s Association of Newburgh, New York. The ribbon is made of red, white, and blue vertical stripes, with a golden tassel at the bottom. The top of the ribbon is decorated with an image of a silver embossed hose reel. The ribbon bears the text in silver lettering, "LAWSON / HOSE COMPANY / NO. 5 / VETERAN ASS'N, / NEWBURGH N.Y."
label: Description
content: The Lawson Hose Company No. 5 was established in 1871 after the Cataract Engine Company disbanded, and likely operated until the establishment of the paid Newburgh department in 1934. Veteran associations were formed after the introduction of paid municipal fire companies to sustain the fraternity and camaraderie that existed among volunteer firefighters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
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content: Work
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0233.1394
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.1394
objectType: label: Object Name
content: badge, fireman's
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ribbon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in; 39.37 cm