Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

RAILROAD OR STOCKMAN'S

Date Range From

1942

Date Range To

1952

Materials

GLASS, METAL

No. Pieces

1

Height

38.1

Description

PATENT: NOV. 8.27, APR. 3.28., DEC. 25.28, MAY 4.20, 5-6-42. "NEW YORK, DIETZ AND VESTA" CIRCLED EMBOSSED ON TOP. "U.S.A." EMBOSSED TWICE ON MANTLE. "KEROSENE OIL-TAKES DIETZ VESTA GLOBE" EMBOSSED ON INSIDE OF TANK. WIRE FRAME ENCLOSES LANTERN. GLASS MARKED WITH A "NX" & "C". HAS WICK SCREW ON SIDE TO ADJUST WICK. CLASP WITH A HOOK UNDER WICK SCREW, CLASP DOESN'T OPEN HOLD ONTO TANK. BOTTOM SCREWS OFF TANK. WIRE HANDLE MOUNTED NEAR TOP. NO WICK.

Subjects

LIGHTING DEVICE

Historical Association

TRANSPORTATION

History

**UPDATE 20 SEPTEMBER 2013: FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE VAN HORNE FAMILY, PLEASE SEE THE ELECTRONIC AND PERMANENT FILES OF DONATIONS P19672878000 AND P19651981000. REFERENCED FILES INCLUDE A TRANSCRIPTION OF AN ORAL INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE VAN HORNE’S GRANDDAUGHTER MIRIAM SMITH IN 2012. **UPDATE 7 APRIL 2020: GALT COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A RELEVANCY AUDIT OF THE MUSEUM’S ASHTRAY COLLECTION, INCL. AN EXAMPLE DONATED BY RENE CRIGHTON (NEE VAN HORNE). THE AUDIT LED PUNDYK TO INTERVIEW MS. MIRIAM SMITH, RENE CRIGHTON’S DAUGHTER, ON 11 OCTOBER 2018 TO LEARN IF SHE HAD SPECIFIC MEMORIES OF THE ASHTRAY AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER OBJECTS DONATED BY RENE ON HER MATERNAL FAMILY’S BEHALF. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE ARTIFACT, MIRIAM SMITH SAID, “I WOULD HAVE NO IDEA, UNLESS IT COME FROM THE VAN HORNE HOUSE, AND MY GRANDPA VAN HORNE USED TO HAVE THE LETHBRIDGE ICEHOUSE, AND MAYBE THAT’S WHERE IT COME FROM, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA. I DON’T RECOGNIZE IT AT ALL. I JUST REMEMBER USING THE OLD ICEBOX, WHERE IF YOU FORGOT TO EMPTY THE PAN UNDERNEATH, YOU HAD WATER ALL OVER YOUR FLOOR! AND, I CAN REMEMBER THE LETHBRIDGE ICEHOUSE COMING WITH IT, AND THEIR BIG TONGS, AND CARRYING THE BIG BLOCKS OF ICE.” WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE YEAR IT WAS DONATED, 1964, “MY GRANDPA HAD A SON, AND HIS FIRST NAME WAS CHARLES, AND I THINK HE DID DIE IN ’64, IN THAT TIME AREA. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HIS, BECAUSE, OUT ON THE COUTTS HIGHWAY, THEY BUILT THE FIRST LOG HOUSE THAT WAS OUT THERE, AND THEY RAISED SHETLAND PONIES -MEAN LITTLE DEVILS- SO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN. HE MIGHT HAVE HAD THAT FOR OUTSIDE. I DON’T REALLY KNOW. … THE LOG HOUSE, OUT ON THE COUTTS HIGHWAY. IT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS BUILT, AND I THINK THAT’S WHERE THAT COME FROM. … WE USED TO GO OUT THERE ONCE IN A WHILE, AND IT WAS A NICE HOME.” THE INTERVIEW AND A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW CAN BE FOUND IN THE PERMANENT FILE P19672867000.

Catalogue Number

P19640938000

Acquisition Date

1964-04

Collection

Museum

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