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When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent.
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I found just the right shade at the same sale - 50 cents!
Total for lamp - $1.50.
(Ceramic bird was $1 at a flea market a while ago.)
I'm not the only one in the family with a taste for old lamps. My sister won this lamp in a drawing at a furniture store grand opening in the early to mid-50s. My daughter has it in her apartment in Portland. I shined the brass today for the first time in more than 50 years.
After hearing about the stuffed squirrel in my office a friend of mine graciously asked if I was interested in this wonderful lamp made from the prosthetic leg of his deceased step-father. His step dad was a law enforcement officer who had his calf shot in the line of duty.
The base of the lamp is from my grandfather's old Electrolux vacuum cleaner. I've always loved how those old automatic cord returns snap back.
The Vacuum Lamp is a finalist in Inhabitat's Spring Greening.
If ever an atomic lamp could be considered common, this is it. This design was sold through many department stores and catalog retailers during 1956. Various shades were offered, but this is the one most commonly seen. Lamp has many tiny hairline cracks, which are typical.
My bedside Lamp.Twist knob in center of base is 3-way bulb switch. The woman at the yard sale claims she has the other daisy somewhere.
IKEA reading lamp i struggled and struggled to carry home - I didn't realize it was so much heavier than the NOT lamp!
This was taken during a walk on my break, soon after the sun set. The sky was nice and I tried to find some interesting things to put in front of it. This is one of the shots I liked.
Taken with my little, carry-everywhere, Panasonic Lumix camera.
Pressure lamps were devised by John Tilley in 1813. Consequently the name Tilley became the generic name for all these types of lamps. The model shown is a Bialaddin Model 300X. A great and cheap method of light when electricity is not available, they are operated by pressurised paraffin (kerosene) Tilley lamps were used extensively by the Military in World War One and in World War Two.