Object Details
- Description
- This tin oil-wick lamp was manufactured by the Leonard Brothers of Scranton, Pennsylvania in the late 19th century. The Leonard Bros. (also known as T.F. Leonard Co.) advertised their lamps in the 1882 “Engineering and Mining Journal” as being available with three different spout sizes, made of seamless brass without any soldering. This particular lamp has one of the larger spouts, meaning it may have been used by a mule driver inside the mine.
- Credit Line
- Mary R. Wheat
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8148C
- accession number
- 239148
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8148C
- Object Name
- lamp, oil, cap, mining
- Measurements
- overall: 4 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 11.176 cm x 4.064 cm x 13.97 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Grant Wheat Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872642
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-da87-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
