Oh oh, looks like somebody "overbaked" the salty look on their lid...
.....and remarkably not a scorch mark on that flashlight, must be made out of asbestos!.....
The "Ladder 78" frontpiece is black so it is not from a ladder company. It is probably Engine 78, the fire boat that was at 90 St. & the East River before becoming Marine 5 in 1959.