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Object Name |
Lantern |
Caption |
Dietz kerosene lantern |
Description |
Very early Dietz No. 0 kerosene lantern with bail handle, clear glass globe, square vertical air tubes; screw to adjust wick; wire to hold globe; top handle to lift globe. Marked DIETZ No 0/ A.F. LIFT. (Anti-Friction Lift). Robert Edwin Dietz first began selling whale oil and camphene lamps and lanterns in 1840 at the age of 22. Robert and his brother Michael patented the first practical flat wick burner especially designed for the then new fuel oil, kerosene, in 1859. The following decade Robert sold his interest in "Dietz & Company" to begin manufacturing "Irwin Patent" tubular lanterns after buying the defunct Archer and Pancoast Company from a receiver in 1868. Since that time the R.E. Dietz Company manufactured hundreds of lantern models, and pioneered the automotive lighting industry. [R.E. Dietz Compendium] |
Catalog Number |
1988-0676-001 |
Search Terms |
Bonniwell Family Lanterns |
Subjects |
Lanterns |
People |
Bonniwell, William |