Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Parade Lantern with Red Glass Globe
- Title:
- Parade Lantern with Red Glass Globe
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Date:
- ca. 1860-1904
- ID Number:
- 2214.PD0060
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214PD0060.jpg
- Work Type:
- Artifacts
Metalwork
Lanterns (Lighting devices)
- Materials/Techniques:
- Iron
Glass
- Subject:
- Lanterns (Lighting devices)
Politics
Promotional materials
- Measurement:
- 24.13 (Lantern) (centimeters, height)
- Description:
- Lantern with iron base and top and red glass globe. Box also contains an iron wire hanger that allows the lantern to be suspended. Item 2214.PD0060a is a wooden pole with mounting bracket that allows this lantern to be carried by a parade participant. Item is undated, but donor Susan H. Douglas notes that campaign parades were at their peak from ca. 1860-1904.
- Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Relationships:
- Related to Pole Handle for Torch Light
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
