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Maker(s):New England Glass Company
Culture:American
Title:Lantern
Type:Lighting Device
Materials:tin and glass
Place Made:North America; United States; Massachusetts; Cambridge
Accession Number:  MH SK 2006.629.INV
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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Description:
Tin railroad lamp, painted black. Vaguely bell-shaped. The glass is marked: "B & W RR" and the tin is decorated with diamond cutouts. Has a ring bail, and the bottom is held with pins and slots. Electrified.

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SKINNER CATALOGUE:
75 Early R.R. lantern. Engraved on globe is "B and W R.R.", Probably "Boston and Worcester R.R." Purchased of Mr. Blue, So. Hadley, 1939

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