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- Outdoor Gasoline Lamp, circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Outdoor Gasoline Lamp, circa 1900
- Patent Model of Marine Signal Lantern, 1863 - This marine lantern was designed to burn oil. An opaque metal shade could be moved to expose and block its glow. Moveable red and green glass shades are its most innovative feature, which served two purposes. They allowed the lantern to act as a communications device, to send messages between ships--and as an anchor light, to avoid collisions between vessels.
- July 21, 1863
- Collections - Artifact
Patent Model of Marine Signal Lantern, 1863
This marine lantern was designed to burn oil. An opaque metal shade could be moved to expose and block its glow. Moveable red and green glass shades are its most innovative feature, which served two purposes. They allowed the lantern to act as a communications device, to send messages between ships--and as an anchor light, to avoid collisions between vessels.
- Covered Wagon Lamp, 1959 -
- 1959
- Collections - Artifact
Covered Wagon Lamp, 1959
- Drawing, "Chimney, M. Wells House Union Conn." (now Daggett Farmhouse), June 26, 1977 -
- June 26, 1977
- Collections - Artifact
Drawing, "Chimney, M. Wells House Union Conn." (now Daggett Farmhouse), June 26, 1977
- Kerosene Lamp, 1895-1905 -
- 1895-1905
- Collections - Artifact
Kerosene Lamp, 1895-1905
- Kerosene Lamp, circa 1880 - Miniature lamps burned kerosene, a fuel popular after the Civil War. These lamps were marketed with a pressed glass font in a variety of colors -- white, milk glass or teal. It would be used as a bedside lamp or carried from room to room.
- circa 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Kerosene Lamp, circa 1880
Miniature lamps burned kerosene, a fuel popular after the Civil War. These lamps were marketed with a pressed glass font in a variety of colors -- white, milk glass or teal. It would be used as a bedside lamp or carried from room to room.
- We Hand You a Hint: The Hemco Twin-Lite is Made of Condensite, circa 1915 - Chemically synthetic plastics were developed in the early 1900s to replace shellac and hard rubber -- naturally derived substances increasingly in demand for various industrial applications. The Condensite Company of America formed in 1910 to sell a new material first developed at Thomas Edison's West Orange laboratory for phonograph records. Durable and nonconductive, Condensite was well suited for electrical products.
- circa 1915
- Collections - Artifact
We Hand You a Hint: The Hemco Twin-Lite is Made of Condensite, circa 1915
Chemically synthetic plastics were developed in the early 1900s to replace shellac and hard rubber -- naturally derived substances increasingly in demand for various industrial applications. The Condensite Company of America formed in 1910 to sell a new material first developed at Thomas Edison's West Orange laboratory for phonograph records. Durable and nonconductive, Condensite was well suited for electrical products.
- Stenographic Report of Proceedings of Light's Golden Jubilee at Dearborn, Michigan, October 21, 1929 -
- October 21, 1929
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Stenographic Report of Proceedings of Light's Golden Jubilee at Dearborn, Michigan, October 21, 1929
- Printing Plate with Image of Lamps and Lanterns -
- Collections - Artifact
Printing Plate with Image of Lamps and Lanterns
- Poster, "Strength in Service, Strength to Overcome," 2020 -
- 2020
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Poster, "Strength in Service, Strength to Overcome," 2020