"Fire Cross" Engine Emblem
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900-1930
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This cross-shaped emblem has a central hole with a rim surrounded by a hose. Various fire fighting instruments are depicted around the hole including a hook and ladder, axe, speaking trumpet, and fire hat. This was not an engine plate, but rather could have been part of a memorial or commemorative display with a photograph in the center hole.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Fire Fighting
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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: Work
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content: Firefighting Collection
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content: Fire Engine Plates
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: 2005.0233.0958
label: accession number
content: 2005.0233
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0233.0958
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plate, fire engine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/8 in x 14 in; 35.8775 cm x 35.56 cm