Lanterns That Lit Our World How to Identify Date & Restore Anthony Hobson

Great book on various types of lanterns. Lots of drawings that demonstrate the features of many types of lamps, how to identify them and how to repair them.

231 Pages Paperback

Lanterns That Lit Our World is a book by Anthony Hobson that discusses the history, manufacture, and role of lanterns in 19th- and early 20th-century commerce, technology, and domestic culture. The book provides information on major lantern manufacturers, identification of lantern parts, materials, finishes, and markings

This, the first comprehensive guide to American outdoor lanterns, gives the reader information available nowhere else.

Bound to become the definitive work on the subject, this book is a solid resource for hobbyists, railroad enthusiasts, antique dealers, private collectors and museums, historians interested in lantern history, and admirers of old lanterns.

This book will tell you about the role of lanterns in 19th century and early 20th century American commerce

Details on major lantern manufacturers, including dates of operation and much much more!

Covers Dietz, Adams and Westlake (Adlake), Armspear, Embury, Defiance, Steam Gauge & Lantern, Nail City / Wheeling Stamping, D.D. Miller, Dennis & Wheeler, Chicago Manufacturing, Mayrose and Kelly companies.

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