Fairmount Fire Company Fire Hat
date: label: Date made
content: 1820-1860
name: label: associated
content: Rush, William
label: maker
content: Shotwell & Garden
notes: label: Description
content: The emblem painted on this Fairmount Fire Company's parade hat was inspired by William Rush's sculpture entitled "Nymph and Bittern." This somewhat feminine symbol seems unusual until the history of the sculpture is known. The artwork was part of a fountain commissioned to commemorate the completion of Philadelphia's new water system in 1822. The system was state-of-the-art, and the statue was considered the best piece of public art in America. Wearing these hats linked the Fairmount Company with Philadelphia's technological advancement, cultural supremacy, and proud fire fighting history.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
label: location of statue in painting
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Fire Fighting
label: Subject
content: Fraternal Associations
label: Subject
content: Nymph and Bittern
label: Subject
content: Hydrants
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content: Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Work
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content: Art
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: McCosker, M.J.. The Historical Collection of the Insurance Company of North America
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: 2005.0233.0037
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.0037
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat, fire
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: painted (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: pressed felt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (underbrim color)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (deocation and lettering color)
label: Physical Description
content: cream (painted figure color)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in x 14 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 31.75 cm x 36.83 cm