LAMP, CARRIAGE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- LAMP, SEMILIQUID
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- BRASS, GLASS, COPPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19930042000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- LAMP, SEMILIQUID
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- BRASS, GLASS, COPPER
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Length
- 22
- Width
- 12.3
- Diameter
- 10.4
- Description
- BRASS BODY W\ DETACHABLE BASE LAMP. BASE CONSISTS OF FUEL RESERVE, WICK, GUARD AND ADJUSTABLE THUMBSCREWS. BODY DISPLAYS HINGED CLEAR GLASS FRONT AND ONE RED GLASS SIDE PANE. HINGE BROKEN. MOUNT ON OPPOSITE SIDE. RAISED CIRCULAR HEADCAP WITH COPPER WASHER. INTERIOR DISPLAYS HEAT DAMAGED SURFACE AND CORRODED REAR REFLECTIVE MOUNT. 4 PIECES. CORROSION ON FASTENER ON SAME SIDE AS REFLECTOR.
- Subjects
- LIGHTING DEVICE
- Historical Association
- TRANSPORTATION
- History
- USED BY W.H. HUGHES WHO HOMESTEADED IN THE VICINITY OF ROSEMEAD P.O. NORTH WEST OF WHERE ENCHANT WAS BUILT IN 1914. HE FARMED FROM 1908 ON THE SAME LAND UNTIL HE SOLD THE FARM TO HIS SON IN 1952. THIS ARTIFACT REPRESENTS THE EVOLUTION OF TRANSPORTATION, PRAIRIE SETTLEMENT, AND A PERSONAL STORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19930042000
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-07
- Collection
- Museum
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