Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

TRI-LIGHT

Date Range From

1930

Date Range To

1995

Materials

BRASS, PLASTIC, CARDBOARD, GLASS

No. Pieces

10

Height

152

Length

27

Width

26

Description

1. GLOBE: 12CM (L) X 25.5CM (D). WHITE GLASS LAMP SHADE HAS NARROW BASE WHICH RESTS ON TOP OF LAMP STAND. BASE HAS FLAT LEDGE ABOVE IT TO SUPPORT GLOBE IN STAND. SHADE THEN GRADUALLY OPENS IN A HALF HOLLOW SPHERE. IS DIVIDED IN TO SIX SECTIONS WHICH EACH HAVE HORIZONTAL ROWS OF RAISED GROOVES, AT TOP OF SIDE GLOBE IS FLAT AND THE EDGE HAS A LIP. INSIDE IS SMOOTH. BASE IS CHIPPED, MINOR SURFACE DIRT AND CORROSION. STORED SEPARATELY. 2. TOP LIGHT BULB: 16.5CM (L) X 9.5CM (D). CLEAR GLASS BULB HAS BEEN FROSTED WHITE. IS CIRCULAR ON TOP, AND HAS A STRAIGHT NECK AT THE BOTTOM. BASE IS COPPER(?) WITH SPIRAL GROOVES TO SCREW IN TO THE SOCKET. BOTTOM HAS CERAMIC BASE. TOP OF BULB READS "L 6" THEN IN CIRCLE "INDIRECT THREE-LITE - BURN BASE DOWN", INSIDE OTHER CIRCLE READS "100 200 300 W -120 V". IN MIDDLE IS A DIAMOND WITH "E". TOP IS DARKER AND DIRTY. BASE HAS SURFACE CORROSION. 3. TUBE COVER: 5.8CM (L) X 3.5CM (D). CARDBOARD TUBE IS HOLLOW IN CENTER WITH YELLOW OUTSIDE AND BROWN INSIDE. HAS A SEAM IN YELLOW PAPER WHERE IT COMES TOGETHER. HAS SURFACE DIRT. EDGES SHOW MINOR WEAR AS DOES INSIDE. 4. TUBE COVER: IDENTICAL TO #3. 5. TUBE COVER: IDENTICAL TO #3. 6. LIGHT BULB: 10.5CM (L) X 7CM (D). SAME AS #2 EXCEPT BULB IS MORE ELONGATED AND SMALLER. READS ON TOP "SOLEX 40 WATT 120 VOLT". HAS STICKY YELLOW SUBSTANCE STUCK TO BULB. BASE IS BRASS (?). 7. LIGHT BULB: SAME AS #6 EXCEPT NO STICKY SUBSTANCE, AND READS ON TOP "40 WATT - 115-120 V" AND HAS DIAMOND WITH "E" IN MIDDLE. 8. LIGHT BULB: SAME AS #6 EXCEPT NO STICKY SUBSTANCE, HAS NO BLACK ON TOP OF BULB AND READS "WESTINGHOUSE 40 WATT 120 VOLT". BASE IS ALUMINUM(?) AND HAS LITTLE CORROSION. 9. UNDERNEATH LIGHT BULB: 9CM (L) X 5.5CM (D). SAME AS #6. EXCEPT SMALLER AND BULB HAS NO WRITING ON IT. BASE HAS "MIC" STAMPED IN IT. NO BLACK TOP. 10. BASE: 141CM (L) X 27CM (L) X 26CM (W). BRASS STAND HAS OCTAGON BASE WITH FEET ON EVERY CORNER. EDGE OF BASE HAS DECORATIVE GROOVES WITH "X" IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERY SIDE. BASE SLOPES UPWARDS TO MIDDLE, HAS ETCHED SWIRL PATTERN AROUND WHITE CENTRE PIECE. FROM CENTRE RISES STAND. BOTTOM HAS ETCHED LEAF DESIGN ON WIDER SECTION. THEN HAS SPIRAL GROOVES, A SMOOTH FLAT LEDGE, THEN A PIECE WITH "V" SHAPES ETCHED IN UPSIDE DOWN. STEM THEN RISES WITH PARALLEL VERTICAL GROOVES. AT TOP OF THIS LOOKS LIKE A COLUMN CAPITAL WITH ETCHING AND CURVED TOP. HAS LIGHT SOCKET WITH THREE SCREWS AT VERY TOP. HAS A PLASTIC BLACK TURN SWITCH IN SLOT, AND ONE BELOW THAT COMES FROM A SCREW. HAS THREE LIGHT SOCKETS AS CANDLE STICK HOLDERS, WITH CURL AND SWIRL PATTERNS. UNDER BASE OF STAND IS A LIGHT, IS A MOQUL BASE STYLE. BROWN ELECTRICAL CORD RUNS FROM UNDER BASE. HAS TWO PRONGS AND A BROWN CERAMIC PLUG. BASS HAS SOME CORROSION. CORD IS FRAYED.

Subjects

LIGHTING DEVICE

Historical Association

FURNISHINGS

History

*UPDATE* IN 2010, NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. SHE MET WITH DONOR ROSE CHOLLAK TO DISCUSS THE LAMP. SEE BELOW. ACCORDING TO CHOLLAK, THE LAMP BELONGED TO HER MOTHER IN LAW, MARY CHOLLAK. THE DONOR FIRST SAW THE LAMP AFTER SHE AND HER HUSBAND, EUGENE, MARRIED IN 1959. THE LAMP SAT IN MARY'S FRONT ROOM AT HER HOME IN LETHBRIDGE, AB. IT WAS IN THE HOME PRIOR TO 1959, POSSIBLY AS ERALY AS THE 1930S. THE DONOR GOT THE LAMP WHILE SHE WAS HOUSE CLEANING IN 1995, AFTER MARY HAD PASSED AWAY. CHOLLAK SAID, "I KNEW THEY WERE TAKING STUFF AT THE GALT. I DIDN'T THINK IT WS ANYTHING I WANTED. I THOUGHT IF THEY WANTED IT, THEY COULD HAVE IT." ROSE DONATED THE LAMP TO THE GALT AS SOON AS SHE CAME INTO POSSESSION OF IT. NOTHING FURTHER IS KNOWN ABOUT THE ARTIFACT, INCLUDING HOW MARY ACQUIRED THE LAMP.

Catalogue Number

P19950020009

Acquisition Date

1995-01

Collection

Museum

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