LAMP, CARBIDE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- DAVIS SAFETY LAMP
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Materials
- STEEL, GLASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19780045000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- DAVIS SAFETY LAMP
- Date Range From
- 1860
- Date Range To
- 1870
- Materials
- STEEL, GLASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 33.0
- Width
- 6.4
- Diameter
- 9.2
- Description
- LAMP IS PAINTED BLACK. RED GLASS IN MIDDLE OF LAMP. 5 BLACK STEEL RODS PROTECTING GLASS. HAS 3 HOLES IN BOTTOM OF BASE. 5 SLITS ABOVE GLASS. HOLES IN LAMP NEAR TOP (UNDER COVER). HAS "5I955T" ENGRAVED NEAR GLASS. WRITING ON SIDE (HAS BEEN PAINTED OVER). "057" ENGRAVED ON TOP. PAINT SCRATCHED IN SEVERAL AREAS.
- Subjects
- LIGHTING DEVICE
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- OLDEST OF SEVERAL STYLES, PROBABLY DATING TO 1860-1870. REF TOP19780039000-GA *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES ARTIFACTS AND ACCESSORIES. LEONARD TIMOTHY DECOSSE WAS BORN 18 NOVEMBER 1923. HE MARRIED MOLLY MARIKAO DECOSSE (NEE NISHIMAZURU), WHO WAS BORN IN BROXBURN, ALBERTA IN MAY 1931. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE GALT BUSINESS COLLEGE. LEONARD DECOSSE PASSED AWAY ON 23 FEBRUARY 2015. MOLLY DECOSSE PASSED AWAY IN COMOX, B.C. ON 25 SEPTEMBER 2006. HER OBITUARY STATES SHE LIVED IN THE COMOX VALLY FOR 25 YEARS. RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO LOCATE FURTHER INFORMATION OR THE NEXT-OF-KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING OBITUARIES.
- Catalogue Number
- P19780045000
- Acquisition Date
- 1978-05
- Collection
- Museum
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