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Lighter, GasEntry/Object ID
1.89.165 abcDescription
Material: metal, wood. Size: (a,b) 2" diameter x 3" L. [c] 2" W. x 3" L. Description: a three-part device employing an electric spark to ignite a small gas flame for the purpose of lighting cigars or cigarettes. (a) Lighter. Description: four wire coils of wire with green colored covering, arranged on a circular base around a small gas pipe - burner head and a switchable spark gap at top. (b) cylindrical brass cover for (a), which leaves only the burner head exposed. (c) Switch plate. Description: two circular mother of pearl buttons set into a rectangular brass face plate - contacts behind screwed to a wooden block. Stamped into (a): "Pat.Feb 26, 88".Context
Part of the Fred G. Dustin Collection of Electrical Artifacts. This collection, originally displayed at the 1910 Electric Show in Minneapolis, was kept at Hodgson Hall for many years. In 1988-1989, it was dismantled, cleaned, and some items were taken to...(information has been lost). Transferred to the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis on 11 July 2006. Item 1.89.165c not taken to the Bakken Museum as of 8/2/2006.Cataloged By
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Notes
1989 - traveling exhibitCreate Date
May 25, 1989Update Date
November 21, 2024