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An image of an oil lamp with a heart-shaped base and a short wick. Beside it a man stands holdi…
I've trimmed my lamps for you!
An image of an oil lamp with a heart-shaped base and a short wick. Beside it a man stands holding the glass lamp shade and scissors.

I've trimmed my lamps for you!

Datebetween 1930 and 1939
FormatEphemera
Notes
An image of an oil lamp with a heart-shaped base and a short wick.  Beside it a man stands holding the glass lamp shade and scissors.
Subject
    Medium
    Greeting cards
    Dimensions9 cm x 12 cm (3 9/16 in. x 4 3/4 in.)
    Language
      CollectionSpecial Collections in the Arts
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberSAR-GC-VAL-S-193X-015
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      1872
      Lamp clinic: Bonnnie Heath, co-ordinator of the lakeshore Area Multi-Service Project, goes over case reports with Dr. Donald Cole, who treats workers made ill by job-related hazards. Cole works at lamp's occupational health clinic, saved by a government grant recently.
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      Calleja, Frank
      5/4/1987
      Lamp collector: Colonel Andrew Ritchie of Etobicoke who has made a study of lanterns, especially those used by the railways, shows one of his old signal lamps, a CNR switch marker
      Lamp collector: Colonel Andrew Ritchie of Etobicoke who has made a study of lanterns, especially those used by the railways, shows one of his old signal lamps, a CNR switch marker
      Stuparyk, Michael
      10/7/1986
      [Receipt] Bought of John S. Dignam, wholesale crockery, china, glassware, lamps, lamp goods, cutlery, &c
      [Receipt] Bought of John S. Dignam, wholesale crockery, china, glassware, lamps, lamp goods, cutlery, &c
      John S. Dignam (Firm)
      1886
      Bought of John Clewes tin & copper smith, lamps, chandeliers, wooden ware, hardware, Pennsylvania and Canada rock oil, manufacturers of refrigerators, water coolers, tin, sheet iron and copper ware, gas fitter, bellhanger, &c.
      Bought of John Clewes tin & copper smith, lamps, chandeliers, wooden ware, hardware, Pennsylvania and Canada rock oil, manufacturers of refrigerators, water coolers, tin, sheet iron and copper ware, gas fitter, bellhanger, &c.
      1870
      Receipt of customer John Lauder. Part of Morris Norman donation of business papers, 2002.
      Bought of Gowans, Kent & Co., wholesale dealers in coal oil, importers of English, German & American glassware, lamps, chimmneys, fruit jars, &c. &c. .
      1875
      Receipt of customer John Lauder. Part of Morris Norman donation of business papers, 2002.
      Bought of Noah L. Piper & Son., 169 Yonge Street, two doors from Queen, importers and dealers in stoves, lamps, chandeliers, burning fluid, wooden ware, childrens cabs and perambulators, general house furnishing goods, rock oil, clothes' wringers, &c., &c.
      1875
      Receipt of customer John Lauder, Esq. Part of Morris Norman donation of business papers, 2002.
      Bought of Noah L. Piper & Son., importers and dealers in general house furnishing goods, stoves, lamps, chandeliers, tin ware, wooden ware, coal oil &c.
      1876
      Receipt of customer John Lauder, Esq. Part of Morris Norman donation of business papers, 2002.
      Bought of Noah L. Piper & Son., importers and dealers in general house furnishing goods, stoves, lamps, chandeliers, tin ware, wooden ware, coal oil &c.
      1877
      Receipt of customer Mrs. Robinson. Part of Morris Norman donation of business papers, 2002.
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      1876
      Receipt of customer Mrs. Robinson. Part of Morris Norman donation of business papers, 2002.
      Bought of Noah L. Piper & Son., importers and dealers in stoves, lamps, chandeliers, burning fluid, wooden ware, childrens' cabs and perambulators, general house and furnishing goods, rock oil, cloths' wringers, &c., &c. .
      1876
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      Bought of Gowans, Kent & Co., importers of china, glass and earthenware, lamps, chandeliers, burners, chimneys, fruit jars, coal oil &c.
      1879