Miner's Carbide Lamp
Miner's Carbide Lamp
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- Description (Brief)
- This mining lamp is a “Guy’s Dropper” model made by the Shanklin Manufacturing Company of Springfield, Illinois, first manufactured in 1913. The lamp is named after its inventor, Frank Guy, a miner from Springfield. Frank Guy partnered with George and Edgar Shanklin to produce this lamp, and the lamp saw tremendous success through World War I. The Shanklin Mfg. Co. was sold to the Universal Lamp Company in 1932, who continued to make "Guy's Dropper."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lamp, carbide, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 in; 10.16 cm x 6.35 cm x 10.16 cm
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-7932
- accession number
- 240639
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-7932
- Credit Line
- Mine Safety Appliances Company
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- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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