Name/Title
Lamp-Lighters' AddressEntry/Object ID
2002.034.3Scope and Content
One small broadside 6" wide x 9 1/8" high dated January 1, 1840. It has a negative image of a lamplighter in an urban setting with his ladder and torch. Below is a poem:
Borne on the wings of fleeting Time,
The gray old year has urged his way,
To broad Oblivion's dusky clime,
And his successor holds his sway.
And may he bring our patrons kind,
A store of blessings rich and rare,
Success and wealth, and peace of mind,
And favor from the smiling fair.
May no fierce flames their domes invade,
No pestilence ride on the air:
May He whose scales the mountains weighed
Make them and theirs' his special care.!
And on this merry, festive day,
We wish you happy all the year,
And something, sir, would come in play
To make our own good luck appear.
The entire piece is surrounded by a very decorative border.Collection
Genesee Country Village and MuseumArchive Items Details
Title
Lamp- Lighters' AddressDescription
BroadsideCreator
WightDate(s) of Creation
1840
