LAMP, MINER'S
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact4757
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1915
- Date Range To
- 1925
- Materials
- STEEL, CHROME PLATING, NICKEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19890038002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1915
- Date Range To
- 1925
- Materials
- STEEL, CHROME PLATING, NICKEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 11
- Length
- 9.9
- Width
- 11.2
- Description
- HEAD LAMP APPARATUS DESIGNED TO FASTEN TO MINER'S HAT. CHIMNEY WITH COVER & NOZZLE FOR SMALL REFLECTED FLAME. COVER FASTENS OVER REFLECTOR/FLAME HOUSING WHEEL & FLINT FOR SPARK LIGHTING FLAME. LAMP IS CARBIDE TYPE, BURNING ACETYLENE GAS. CONNECTS TO CARBIDE RESEVOIR BY MEANS OF HOSE & FITTING AT BASE OF LAMP. NO HOSE. "JUSTRITE REGISTERED TRADEMARK MADE IN U.S.A." ENGRAVED ON TOP OF COVER.
- Subjects
- LIGHTING DEVICE
- Historical Association
- COAL MINING
- History
- DONOR ACQUIRED FROM COAL MINES IN THE CUMBERLAND-NANIAMO AREA OF B.C. JUSTRITE REGISTERED TRADEMARK MADE IN U.S.A. ALSO KNOWN TO HAVE OTHER USES SUCH AS BICYCLE RIDING LIGHT. *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
- P19890038002
- Acquisition Date
- 1989-10
- Collection
- Museum
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