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Whale oil lantern

Description: (a) Whale oil lantern with blown glass shade, tin base and top, and covered with asphaltum; two tin burners, bottom part snaps out, perforated top has round hanger attached to top; (b) brass & tin burner holder & clips; soldered points.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Oil lamps

Description: Matched pair of glass oil lamps; clear circular font above an inverted baluster, hexagonal knop over a flaring hexagonal base, on a square plinth. Metal double wick holder, one wick holder is 33 cm tall
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Oil lamps

Description: A pair of tin campaign lights (a&b); cylindrical with smaller cylinder top and bottom and channel through top to bottom; wick holder unscrews to fill reservoir with oil; wick is still intact
Date: unknown
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Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Interior of John Halliday's Grocery Store

Description: Photograph of the interior of a grocery store. The men are, L-R: Ben B. Baker, clerk; Walter Shugart, clerk; John Mounts, customer; Herbert Halliday, son of proprietor-standing on chair; John Halliday, proprietor. The shelves are lined with canned goods.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Image
Partner: Log Cabin Village
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Interview with Dr. Bill Humble, 1985

Description: A videorecording of an interview with ACU Bible Professor Dr. Bill Humble, conducted by Dr. Gary McCaleb of Abilene Christian University. Humble shows and discusses his collection of oil lamps dating from 2,000 B.C. through 400 A.D., their significance, and how they evolved and changed during that period.
Date: 1985
Duration: 29 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Humble, Bill & McCaleb, Gary
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Three oil lamps]

Description: Photograph of three oil lamps on a small table. A box of matches can be seen in front of the lamps. Three unknown bottles of liquids are present behind the oil lamps. The wall in the background is covered in floral wallpaper.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oil lamps

Description: Pair of identical urn-shaped glass whale oil lamps with pedestal bases; oil cavity is blown glass, base is pressed (molded); metal screw top screws into metal lip on glass
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Wagon Train: Cleaning House]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man cleaning the interior of a covered wagon during the Bicentennial Wagon Train. He handles a bundle of blankets and fabrics aligned the left-facing wall of the wagon, with an handheld oil lamp and rope to his right, and a bucket of grain in front of him. This image is copyrighted.
Date: February 8, 1976
Creator: Mahoney, Jim
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of Jim Mahoney

Lantern.

Description: Patent for an improved lantern that allows for lighting and extinguishing flame, and refilling oil, without having to lift the glass chimney. Includes illustrations.
Date: October 3, 1911
Creator: Ebrite, Lewis C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lamp-Chimney Holder.

Description: Patent for an "improved lamp chimney holder" (lines 12-13) designed to allow a hinged member to light the wick and extinguish the light "instead of raising or removing the chimney" (lines 19-20), including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Emmert, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hunting Lamp.

Description: Patent for a new and improved lantern for hunting. This design "is to produce a light, cheap, and convenient lamp that can be carried upon the head with greater comfort, and at the same time be more efficient than any heretofore known" (lines 10-13).
Date: December 20, 1881
Creator: Brittan, Edward H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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