Fire Engine Plate, "Mechanics"
date: label: date made
content: 1850
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This “Mechanics” emblem consists of a crossed hook and ladder behind a cut-out capital letter “I” below a banner with the text “MECHANICS” painted in striped-block letters. This emblem may have been a badge or breast plate for a ribbon. This emblem may have belonged to the Mechanics Hook and Ladder Company Number 7 of New York City.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Fire Fighting
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
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content: Cultures & Communities
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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: 2005.0233.0936
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.0936
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plate, fire engine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nickel plated brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 4 in; 12.065 cm x 10.16 cm