Patent Model - Street-Lamp

Maker and role
George Ganster, Patentee
Production date
May 18 1880
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Glass, tin, wood, brass, paint
Measurements
14 1/2 x 7 x 6 7/8" (36.8 x 17.8 x 17.5cm)
Description
Ganster's patent "is intended to be used, in connection with some of the improvements secured to me by previous patents, for lighting and extinguishing or raising and suppressing the flame mechanically." (Patent Number 227,760)
Object number
2015.14.3195a,b
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