Name/Title
NAS Alamea Fire Department helmet, prior 1997Entry/Object ID
2013.40.1Description
ACC. NO. 13.40.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR
STATION
DATE OR PERIOD: UNKNOWN
OBJECT: HELMET, FIRE
DESCRIPTION: A HELMET WHICH APPEARS TO BE LAMINATED LEATHER AND CANVAS. HELMET HAS A KEYSTONE SHAPED EMBLEM FACING FRONT WITH INSET HORIZONTAL PANELS WITH WHITE COLORED LETTERS ON A RED COLORED BACKGROUND STATING, "NAS, ALAMEDA FIRE DEPARTMENT." THE EMBLEM IS ATTACHED TO A BRASS FLANGE WITH A LABEL IN RED COLORED TYPE WITH THE INITIALS, "F. D." EXTERIOR IS FINISHED IN A BLACK PAINTED FINISH. THE INTERIOR HAS THE ORIGINAL TIN LABEL STATING, "CAIRNS AND BROS., INC, CLIFTON, NJ."
SIZE: L 15" X W 11-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A FIRE DEPARTMENT HELMET, ORIGINALLY WORN AT THE ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STATION.
DONOR: ALAMEDA MUSEUM ACQUISITION FUND
CATALOGED: JULY 20, 2013