Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1962.022.001 |
Object Name |
Helmet, Firefighter's |
Title |
Fire Chief's Leather Helmet |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Year Range from |
1890 |
Year Range to |
1907 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
Fire Chief's helmet from the EXCELSIOR FIRE DEPARTMENT (1890s-1907, Owen Sound, Ont.). This is a stiff leather and metal item that is painted white with a white and red crest on the front with CHIEF (the letters "I" and "F" are now missing) on top and OSFD on the bottom. There is a quatrefoil, cut out design positioned inbetween the two red areas. There is a gold painted metal leaping lion finial coming from the top of the helmet and it appears to be leaping over the crest. The brim sides are turned upward. There are eight combs on the helmet crown and a metal ring to hang it up affixed to the downwards curved back rim. |
Provenance |
The Excelsior Fire Department were a group of male volunteers between the 1890s-1907, who attended fires before the town of Owen Sound established a paid firefighting department in 1907. The 1907 group of firefighters were called the Owen Sound Fire Department (OSFD). |
Collection |
Firefighting Equipment Collection |
Material |
Leather/Metal/Paint |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Baines, George W. Carr, W. J. |
Subjects |
Fire fighting Fire helmets Lions |
Search Terms |
Owen Sound Fire Department Excelsior Fire Department |