Lighting fixture, exterior

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OBJECT TYPE: LANTERN/POST/UPRIGHT BURNER/OPEN FLAME
DATE: 1978
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0429.001

MANUFACTURER: Charmglow Products
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Antioch, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST ALUMINUM/ BRONZE TOP SCREEN

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 36.0 cm
Width: 36.0 cm
Height: 45.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Lighting Technology
Category: Lighting devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Charmglow
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Antioch

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS EXAMPLE WAS NEVER USED.
Canada: GAS STREET LIGHTING CEASED IN TORONTO AROUND 1890 BUT WAS REVIVED IN CANADA DURING TREND TOWARDS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN 1960'S & 1970'S. GAS BARBEQUES & GAS LANTERNS WERESOLD TOGETHER BY COMPANIES SUCH AS CONSUMERS' GAS AS "PATIO PAIR"
Function: LIGHTING DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED LIGHT VIA GAS FLAME TO LIGHT EXTERIOR AREAS MOSTLY AT HOMES, SUCH AS ENTRANCES, DRIVEWAYS & PATIOS.
Technical: IN PAST, GAS LAMP POSTS WERE RARELY USED TO ILLUMINATE PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS BUT WITH REVIVAL OF EXTERIOR GAS LIGHTING IN 1960'S & 1970'S, MFRS. MARKETED GAS LAMPS TO BUILDERS OF NEW SUB-DIVISIONS IN ATTEMPT TO HAVE GAS LAMPS INSTALLED. NEW LAMPS HAD IMPROVED BURNERS, TEMPERED GLASS & RUST-PROOF MATERIALS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING READING "PAT. NO. 3365571", "LIFT GLASS TO REMOVE", "FOR METAL POST MOUNTING ONLY"
Missing: 2 GLASS PANELS/ BURNER, MANTLE, VALVE/ POST/ REGULATOR?/ ALUMINUM BOTTOM SCREEN
Finish: PAINTED BLACK/ GOLD PAINTED EAGLE
Decoration: GOLD PAINTED EAGLE FINIAL

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Charmglow Products, Lighting fixture, exterior, after 1978, Artifact no. 1998.0429, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0429.001/

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