Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PHOTOGRAPHY LAMP

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

ALUMINUM, IRON

No. Pieces

1

Height

12.0

Length

78.5

Width

20.0

Description

SEAFOAM GREEN ADJUSTABLE "AMPLEX TROMBOLITE" LAMP, WITH 2 ADJUSTABLE IRON CLAMPS WITH LARGE IRON WING NUTS AND CLAMP PIECES. SHADE HAS BLACK PLASTIC SWIVEL BASE ATTACHED TO ALUMINUM ARM AND SHADE. SHADE HAS BLACK PLASTIC SWITCH ON TOP AND 1 FLUORESCENT TUBE AND 1 100 WATT LIGHT BULB INSIDE SHADE WHICH IS STAMPED IN ALUMINUM "AMPLEX TROMBOLITE 118V-60 CY'L", AND HAS A ORANGE AND BLUE STICKER MARKED "AMPLEX SWIVELITE UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES INC. PORTABLE LAMP ISSUE 22748 AMPLEX CORP. B'KLYN., N.Y." AT BASE OF SWIVEL IS A SILVER STICKER MARKED "APLEX CORP. SWIVELITE MADE IN U.S.A. PAT. & PAT. PEND." 180CM GREEN ELECTRICAL CORD ATTACHES AT BASE OF ARM, AND CONTINUES UP ARM COVERED IN COTTON AND COILED. GREEN PAINT SURFACE IS SCRATCHED AND CHIPPED ALL OVER.

Subjects

LIGHTING DEVICE

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

DONOR'S UNCLE, HERBERT RANNARD, WAS AN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER, WHO WAS BORN IN 1903 IN ENGLAND AND CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1907. ACCORDING TO DONOR, RANNARD WAS A CAR SALESMAN BEFORE WORLD WAR II; THE INDUSTRY VIRTUALLY CAME TO A STOP DURING THE WAR SO HE WENT TO VANCOUVER TO WORK FOR BOEING AND LATER BECAME A PRECISION MACHINIST. HE RETURNED TO LETHBRIDGE AND WORKED FOR CONSUMER HARDWARE AS MANAGER OF SPORTS, RECREATION AND TOY DEPARTMENT UNTIL THE STORE CLOSED. HE THEN OPERATED A COIN BUSINESS IN HIS SISTERS JEWELRY STORE CALLED 'SKELTON JEWELRY'. HE PASSED AWAY APRIL 20, 1995 AT 91 YEARS. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH HERBERT RANNARD. RANNARD'S OBITUARY FROM THE APRIL 23, 1995 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION. HERBERT RANNARD WAS BORN IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND IN 1903. HE GREW UP IN LETHBRIDGE AND WORKED FOR THE CPR IN THE FREIGHT DEPARTMENT. RANNARD MOVED TO VANCOUVER TO WORK AT THE BOEING AIRCRAFT PLANT AT THE START OF WWII, TO BUILD CATALINA AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT AND MITCHELL BOMBERS. AFTER THE WAR RANNARD WORKED AT THE PRECISION INSTRUMENT COMPANY IN VANCOUVER, WHERE HE WAS INVOLVED IN GUN-SMITHING AND FINE INSTRUMENT REPAIR. HE MOVED BACK TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1952 TO MANAGE THE SPORTING GOODS DEPARTMENT OF COUNSUMER'S HARDWARE, WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1964. RANNARD WAS A COIN COLLECTOR, MEMBER OF THE LETHBRIDGE MASONIC LODGE, AND PLAYED IN A NUMBER OF LOCAL ORCHESTRAS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19910046001.

Catalogue Number

P19960072001

Acquisition Date

1996-08

Collection

Museum

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