Tag Archives: Lighting

Light Bulb

Description	English: Stock cut from an 1897 American Type Founders catalogue
Date	1897
Source	Specimens of Type, Borders, Ornaments, Brass Rules and Cuts, etc., a catalogue from American Type Founders (https://archive.org/details/specimensoftypeb00amer/page/744/mode/2up)
Author	Anonymous

Description	English: Image from an advertisement for the silent mystery The House of a Thousand Candles (1915), with the text removed
Date	1915
Source	Advertisement in Moving Picture World (https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor25newy/page/n1567/mode/2up?view=theater)
Author	Anonymous

The original text is below. This version is reconstructed in Inkscape from an imperfectly scanned original.

Description	English: Comparison of Edison, Maxim, and Swan bulbs, 1885
Date	1885
Source	The Wonders of the Universe (https://archive.org/details/b21498830/page/n273/mode/2up)
Author	Anonymous

Description	English: Light fixtures from the R. Williamson & Co. catalogue, 1900
Date	1900
Source	R. Williamson & Co. Catalogue No. 15 (https://archive.org/details/catalogueno15rwi00rwil_0/page/467/mode/2up)
Author	Anonymous

Description	English: Rayo brand oil lamp
Date	1915
Source	Advertisement in Hardware and Metal (https://archive.org/details/hardmerchoctdec1914toro/page/n25/mode/2up)
Author	Anonymous

This scalable illustration can be used at any size.

Massive Antique Brass 5-Light Chandelier.

Lacquered Brass or Bronzed and Relieved 3-Light Chandelier.

Polished Brass Suspension Gas Lamp, with 4 lights, 14-inch celadon shade, and opal globes.

Description	English: Gas lighting fixtures from an 1885 catalogue
Date	1885
Source	Silber & Fleming catalogue (https://archive.org/details/SilberandFlemingIllustratedPatternBookofFurniture1885v2/page/n351)
Author	Anonymous

Description	English: Line drawing of an outdoor arc light from 1905
Date	1905
Source	Catalogue of the Litchfield Lamp Manufacturing Company (https://archive.org/details/CatalogueOfTheLitchfieldLampManufacturingCompany/page/n7)
Author	Anonymous