2010.028.045

Lantern, Railroad

Adams and Westlake short globe lantern. Has Pensylvania Railroad logo (1846–1968) stamped on the cap and Adams and Westlake Co. stamped on the brim. Short globe has a sybol of a circle with the letter K in the middle of it, the logo of Kopp glass co. of Pitsburgh (1926 – present). The lantern has some light rusting and paint loss, and the globe is in excellent condition. Cage bottom is very slightly warped. Bottom is printed with: Adlake – Kero 2–43/ USA/ 1415635/ 1415634–1415635/ 1660194/ Canada/ 1921–1923/ Patent pending. The patents are from the years 1922 and 1926. Also the mark 2 – 43 on an Adlake lamp usually means it was made between April – June 1943.

1926

1943