Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.016 A—D
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Lamp, Kerosene
Title:
Sidewall Lamp with Metal Bracket
Date:
1940
Description:
Glass coal oil (kerosene) wall or side lamp; () removable glass fount, (A) brass burner threaded into fount, [C] 8.5 inch by 4 inch glass chimney that sets onto burner and D) black painted wall bracket; cotton wick 1inch by 5 inch set into burner wick adjuster; glass fount has embossed pattern at shoulder and side seams, turned edge on black iron wall bracket; wick is oil stained and charred at burner end; light corrosion on brass burner; hold in metal bracket for hanging; another on hook for reflector broken off; reflector missing; wick adjustment no longer works.
Notes:
Shown in 1902 Sears Catalog — see file.
Preserved by Thomas S. Parke at 1544 Pine St in downtown Juneau
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