2013 Finalist National Medal for Museum and Library Service

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Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
Artist/Maker: George Harvey

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Badge w/button & ribbon:...Vol. Firemen's Assn.,...1904

Badge w/button & ribbon:...Vol. Firemen's Assn.,...1904
Object name 
Badge w/button & ribbon:...Vol. Firemen's Assn.,...1904
Date 
1904
Medium 
Silk, brass, paper, metal
Dimensions 
Overall: 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1/4 in. ( 16.5 x 6.4 x 0.6 cm )
Description 
Purple silk ribbon with ornate brass pin at top; pin contains coated white paper with "GUEST"; circular metal badge suspended with white ribbon from pin; badge coated with white paper painted with fireman, and: "VETERAN VOL. FIREMEN'S ASSN. HARTFORD, CONN."; ribbon printed in gold ink: "BALTIMORE,/PORTSMOUTH/WASHINGTON/SEPT 26, OCT 2/1904"
Credit Line 
Gift of William M. Wallace, 1934
Object Number 
INV.10498
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.