Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

TRILIGHT LAMP

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

STEEL, BRASS, PORCELAIN, PAPER, PLASTIC, GLASS.

No. Pieces

5

Description

1. LAMP: 145 CM TALL LAMP CONSISTING OF ROUND ORNATE BASE, FLUTE AND FILLET SHAFT AND TRI-LIGHT FIXTURE WITH LARGER SINGLE LIGHT FIXTURE IN ALUMINIUM CUP. BASE OF LAMP IS STEEL PLATED WITH BRASS. STAMPED INTO BOTTOM OF BASE IS "FLORENT" AND "CC344" STAMPED TWICE AND SCRATCHED ONCE. 175CM BROWN ELECTRICAL CORD EXTENDS FROM INSIDE BOTTOM OF BASE. BEADED PATTERN IS RAISED ALONG OUTER EDGE AND AROUND MIDDLE TOWARDS SHAFT. AS BASE SLOPES UPWARD FOUR TERRACED RIDGES CLOSE IN UPON ROUNDED NECK AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT. BASE HAS SIX SCROLLWORK FEET. THREE CURVED SCROLLWORK BANDS ARE RAISED FROM BASE, EACH CONNECTING TWO FEET. SHAFT IS BRASS WITH FLUTE AND FILLET SHAPE. AT TOP OF SHAFT IS BRASS FIXTURE WITH THREE ARMS. EACH ARM HAS RAISED SCROLLWORK AND SLOPES DOWNWARD. EACH HAS FIXTURE END WITH RIBBED PATTERN ON EDGES AND 3 BROWN PAPER TUBES TO COVER WIRING. AT BOTTOM OF FIXTURE CENTER PIECE IS BLACK PLASTIC KNOB. AT TOP OF FIXTURE IS CYLINDRICAL ALUMINUM CUP PAINTED BROWN WITH LARGE LIGHT FIXTURE AND THREE SCREWS TO HOLD SHADE IN PLACE. ON SIDE OF CUP PAINTED AND SCRATCHED LOGO READS "C.E.S.A. (?)ANDARD PORTABLE ELECTR(?) LAMP L.A. 1145 4(?) FLORENTINE L(?)PS APPROVED HYDRO-ELECTRIC (?) COMM.". PORTIONS OF BRASS FINISH ARE WORN ON FIXTURES AND PLATING IS CORRODING ON BASE. STEEL BASE IS CORRODING AS WELL. THERE IS A SMALL STRIP OF DUCT TAPE ON EACH OF FIXTURE ARMS. 2. BOWL SHADE: WHITE GLASS BOWL WITH OPEN END BOTTOM. BOWL IS 25.3CM (D) AT WIDEST AND 7CM (D) AT BOTTOM AND 14CM HIGH. 1.5 CM LIP EXTENDS FROM BOTTOM TO SLOT BOWL INTO LAMP. 2.5CM BAND FROM TOP DOWN IS SMOOTH. THERE REST OF BOWL HAS SQUARE CHECKED PATTERN MOLDED INTO GLASS. INSIDE OF BOWL IS SMOOTH. AT BOTTOM NEAR HOLE "CORNING" AND "NO. 324160" ARE RAISED FROM SURFACE. 3. LAMP SHADE: GREEN THREE TIERED SHADE MADE OF PAPER AND WIRE. CIRCULAR WIRE FRAME WITH THREE RADIUS CROSS PIECES THAT MEET IN CENTER AND ATTACH TO 2.4CM BRACKET RING. WIRE FRAME HAS GREEN WAXED PAPER LASHED TO IT WITH NARROW LACE PAINTED GOLD. WAXED PAPER COVERING HAS NARROW LINES AND SWIRL PATTERNS IN BLACK AND GOLD PAINT. MIDDLE AND BOTTOM TIER FRAMES ARE BUILT ONTO EACH OTHER AND ON TO TOP FRAME. THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIERS MEASURE 39.2CM (D) X 8CM (W). THE MIDDLE TIER IS 50CM (D) X 12.7CM (W). SOME OF LACE STICHING IS LOOSE ON MIDDLE TIER. ONE SUPPORT STRUT BETWEEN BOTTOM AND MIDDLE TIER IS BROKEN.

Subjects

LIGHTING DEVICE

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

LAMP WAS PURCHASED BY MR. BAILEY'S GRANDMOTHER, MRS. COX, IN THE EARLY 1950'S. IT WAS APPARANTLY ONE OF THE FIRST TRI-LIGHT LAMPS AVAILABLE IN LETHBRIDGE. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A PAIR OF HORSEHAIR GAUNTLETS DONATED BY JACK AND MARY BAILEY. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. GEORGE WILLIAM “JACK” BAILEY WAS BORN ON APRIL 26, 1914 IN LETHBRIDGE, AB TO GEORGE AND ANNIE BAILEY. HE MARRIED MARY LOUISE BAILEY (NEE BUTTREY) IN MEDICINE HAT, AB ON JANUARY 1, 1940. JACK PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 82 ON MARCH 5, 1997. MARY LOUISE BAILEY (NEE BUTTREY) WAS BORN IN MEDICINE HAT, AB ON JANUARY 1, 1918, THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND SUSAN (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) BUTTREY. SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84 ON MAY 16, 2002. GEORGE ARTHUR BAILEY WAS BORN IN BRISTOL, ENGLAND AND CAME TO CANADA IN 1906, WHERE HE HOMESTEADED IN THE IRON SPRINGS DISTRICT IN 1907. IN 1912, GEORGE MARRIED ANNIE ELIZABETH BAILEY (NEE COX). THE COUPLE MOVED TO MONTANA IN 1912 AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL 1920 WHEN THEY RETURNED TO LETHBRIDGE. IN 1927, GEORGE AND ANNIE MOVED TO SHAUGHNESSY, AB SO THAT GEORGE COULD TAKE WORK AS STABLE-BOSS. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 85 ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1968. ANNIE ELIZABETH BAILEY (NEE COX) WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN WALTER AND JANE ELIZABETH COX (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). ANNIE WAS BORN IN SURREY, ENGLAND AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1905. SHE MARRIED GEORGE BAILEY AT DIAMOND CITY IN 1912. SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 85 ON MARCH 25, 1976. ANNIE HAD TWO BROTHERS: JOHN WALTER COX AND ALBERT WILLIAM “SLIM” COX. ALBERT WILLIAM “SLIM” COX MOVED TO CANADA WITH HIS PARENTS IN 1902 AND BEGAN WORKING FOR THE BREWERY IN 1910. HE ENLISTED WITH THE 39TH BATTERY IN 1915 AND SERVED OVERSEAS UNTIL 1919. HE RETURNED TO HIS POSITION WITH THE BREWERY, FINALLY RETIRING IN 1954. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 78 IN JULY 1966. SLIM WAS MARRIED TWICE: FIRST TO ANNIE TURNER WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 35 ON OCTOBER 8, 1927; AND THE SECOND MARRIAGE WAS TO DOROTHY EMILY SULLIVAN (NEE WYLIE). THEY WERE MARRIED IN SEPTEMBER 1948. DOROTHY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 96 ON OCTOBER 18, 1989. (SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MARRIED TO MICHAEL SULLIVAN) JOHN WALTER “WALLY” COX WAS BORN IN GUILDFORD, SURREY, ENGLAND AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1906, WHERE HE WORKED FOR THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY FOR 26 YEARS. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 61, A SINGLE MAN, ON JUNE 28, 1947. ANNIE, ALBERT, AND JOHN WERE THE CHILDREN OF JOHN WALTER AND JANE COX (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). JOHN WALTER PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 72 ON NOVEMBER 9, 1937. ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY, HE “CAME TO LETHBRIDGE FROM SUSSEX, ENGLAND 31 YEARS AGO, AND HAS RESIDED HERE SINCE.” JANE (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 85 ON DECEMBER 30, 1946. SHE WAS BORN IN DORSET, ENGLAND AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WITH HER HUSBAND. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.

*UPDATE* IN 2021 TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O. E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING OTHER ARTIFACTS WITHIN THIS COLLECTION. RESEARCH CONDUCTED LED TO CONTACT WITH THE DONOR AND/OR NEXT OF KIN, HOWEVER, NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE AS A RESULT OF THE AUDIT WORK.

Catalogue Number

P19930050004

Acquisition Date

1993-08

Collection

Museum

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