LAMP, KEROSENE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1915
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- CLEAR GLASS, BRASS, SHEET IRON
- Catalogue Number
- P19683461000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1915
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- CLEAR GLASS, BRASS, SHEET IRON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 35.0
- Length
- 14.0
- Width
- 15.2
- Description
- LAMP HAS A SWINGING RING ON TOP. APPARENTLY THE LAMP WAS HUNG WITH A LIGHT SOURCE INSIDE. LIGHT SOURCE IS MISSING, AND THIS IS THE OUTER CASE PORTION. LAMP IS UPRIGHT WITH A CONVEX FACE. GLASS FACE IS SEVERELY SCRATCHED, CHIPPED AND WORN. BRASS CAP ON TOP, LAMP PAINTED BLACK. OVAL BRASS PLATE ON REAR BRACELET. INSCRIBED ON OVAL BRASS PLATE "PERKINS MARINE LAMP & HDWE CORP" "PERKO REG. TRADEMARK BROOKLYN, N.Y. U.S.A.". 13 VENTS BELOW BRASS CAP. 5 VENTS ON BACK, BENEATH BRACELET. CONSERVATION REPORT ON FILE.
- Subjects
- LIGHTING DEVICE
- Historical Association
- TRANSPORTATION
- LEISURE
- History
- USED ON THE CRUISE BOAT "THE INTERNATIONAL" ON WATERTON LAKE. **** UPDATE: ON 15 APRIL, WATERTON RESEARCHER AND AUTHOR CHRIS MORRISON CONTACTED THE GALT’S COLLECTIONS DEPT. TO INFORM IT OF EVIDENCE FOUND, SUPPORTING A NEAR IDENTICAL LANTERN’S USE ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL’S SISTER SHIP, THE MOTOR VESSEL ST. MARY ON ST. MARY LAKE IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. THE EVIDENCE WAS IN THE FORM OF A HISTORIC IMAGE OF THE ST. MARY, SHOWING THE LANTERN MOUNTED ON THE ROOF OF THE SHIP’S CABIN. NO VISUAL EVIDENCE EXISTS TO DATE, KNOWN BY MORRISON, OF SAME LANTERN'S USE ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE REGARDING MORRISON’S EMAILS.
- Catalogue Number
- P19683461000
- Acquisition Date
- 1968-08
- Collection
- Museum
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