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- Vapor Lamp, circa 1860 - Vapor lamps burned naphtha, a substance similar to gasoline, which burned brightly under pressure and contact with air. Used for general illumination, this stylish lamp would have been used in a public space or sat on a mantle in a home.
- circa 1860
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Vapor Lamp, circa 1860
Vapor lamps burned naphtha, a substance similar to gasoline, which burned brightly under pressure and contact with air. Used for general illumination, this stylish lamp would have been used in a public space or sat on a mantle in a home.
- Gas Chandelier, circa 1880 -
- circa 1880
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Gas Chandelier, circa 1880
- Kerosene Chandelier, 1885-1900 -
- 1885-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Kerosene Chandelier, 1885-1900
- Trade Card for the Bolton Hot Water Heater and Combination Gas Machine, Detroit Heating and Lighting Co., 1870-1890 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- 1890-1900
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Trade Card for the Bolton Hot Water Heater and Combination Gas Machine, Detroit Heating and Lighting Co., 1870-1890
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Patent Model of Vapor Lamp Burner, 1871 - From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
- December 05, 1871
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Patent Model of Vapor Lamp Burner, 1871
From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
- Kerosene Chandelier, 1885-1900 -
- 1885-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Kerosene Chandelier, 1885-1900