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OBJECT TYPE: FIREFIGHTER'S/FIBREGLASS
DATE: 1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0007.001

MANUFACTURER: Cairns
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC HELMET SHELL (PROBABLY FIBREGLASS); LEATHER & COTTON FABRIC LINER; METAL FITTINGS.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 37.0 cm
Width: 29.0 cm
Height: 16.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Fire Fighting
Category: Clothing & personal safety apparatus
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Cairns
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: THIS HELMET WAS WORN 1950S- 1986. THIS TYPE OF HELMET WORN 1950S+
Canada: TYPE OF HELMET WORN BY CANADIAN FIREFIGHTERS DURING 1950S +. THE CAIRNS & BROTHER COMPANY WAS AN IMPORTANT SUPPLIER OF FIRE HELMETS IN CANADA.
Function: TO PROTECT THE HEAD OF A FIREFIGHTER WHILE FIRE FIGHTING.
Technical: EARLIEST RECOGNIZABLE FIRE HELMETS WERE MADE OF LEATHER; IN 1920S ALUMINUM, AND THEN COMPOSITE MATERIALS (FIBREGLASS, +) WERE USED. THESE HELMETS WERE LIGHTER, MORE RESILIENT, AND OFFERED FIREFIGHTERS A GREATER DEGREE OF PROTECTION AND COMFORT THAN EARLY HELMETS. BLACK COLOUR HELMET IS WORNBY ORDINARY FIREFIGHTERS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " 1600/ C. BOIVIN " handwritten in white (paint ?) on underside of helmet back brim. " CAIRN[S]/ SANITARY/ Cushion Liner/ PATENTED/ AND/ PATS. PEND " printed on fabric tag attached to fabric liner. Remnants of smaller paper tag present, but illegible.
Missing: HELMET ITSELF IS COMPLETE; INSIGNIA & HARNESS ARE MISSING.
Finish: BLACK EXTERIOR; BROWN LEATHER & FABRIC LINERS.
Decoration: N/A

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Cairns, Helmet, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1999.0007, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0007.001/

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