Object Details
- Honeywell Inc.
- Description (Brief)
Fire fighter's boot, black rubber with yellow accents (band at the center, band along the bottom of the foot). Rough textile (wool) interior with two semi-circular pull straps at the top. White square at heel reads "10 MEN'S WIDE." Textured along bottom edge of the foot with heavy textured tread on bottom. Boot is covered with approximately eight circular stickers for the MDA campaign showing a young boy being carried by a fire fighter and the slogan "I HELPED FIRE FIGHTERS FIGHT MDA." There is also a card bent around the front of the shin and stuck on with stickers that shows the same image and reads "HELP FIRE FIGHTERS FIGHT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY."
Throughout the 1900s, national fundraising efforts became annual traditions in communities throughout the United States. At street corners across the nation, the International Association of Fire Fighters’ Fill the Boot campaign has raised funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association since 1954.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Joel Kobersteen, Master Technician and IAFF Local 2068 coordinator for Fairfax County’s MDA campaign
- late 20th / early 21st century
- ID Number
- 2015.0334.01
- catalog number
- 2015.0334.01
- Object Name
- boot, firefighter's
- Physical Description
- rubber (overall material)
- paper (part: stickers / card material)
- wool (inside material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17 in x 5 in x 12 1/4 in; 43.18 cm x 12.7 cm x 31.115 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
- Giving in America
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1801154
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6224-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
