Acc. No. 81.40.1
Subject Category: Hanging lamp
Date: Late 19th Century
Object: Hanging lamp
Description: Three burner angle kerosene hanging lamp. Combination nickel and iron Basket handle.
Size: Oil font is 7" circumference. Length is 19½ inches.
History of Object: It was a kerosene lamp used in the early history of Alameda.
Acquired from: Mrs. Edmund Heritage
Date: September, 1957
Interpretative Labels
Label
4/13/2020 MvL: current label for cabinet HR18:
EARLY ALAMEDA LIGHTING DEVICES
Kerosene lamps from the late 19th Century, early 20th Century
Top shelf, from left to right:
[A tin lantern, made in San Francisco, that hung in an Alameda livery stable.]
[A swinging bale handle lantern, made by Dietz of New York, that belonged to a longtime Alameda policeman.]
[A miniature hand lamp with its original wick used by an old-time Alameda family.]
Bottom shelf, from left to right:
=> A hanging lamp with three burners that was used in the late 19th Century.
[A lamp used by a pioneer family that resided on Lafayette Street]
[A galvanized steel hand lamp from the home of early Alameda residents.]
