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Oil lamp from Judea (c200 CE) at Jewish Museum of Florida. Miami Beach, FL
| Oil lamp stained-glass window in Jewish Museum of Florida. Miami Beach, FL
| Hanging oil lamp in The Oldest House. St Augustine, FL
| Young Abe reading by firelight at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. Springfield, IL
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Corncob & wax wick candle served settlers in time of shortage at Museum of Mississippi History. Jackson, MS
| Candle dipping racks at La Purisima Mission. Lompoc, CA
| Candlesticks & oil lamps at Historical Museum of Iowa. Des Moines, IA
| Colonial Spanish candlestick in Museum of Florida History. Tallahassee, FL
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Flat silver candlestick with douter (1814) by Robert Shepherd & William Boyd of Albany at Museum of the City of New York. New York, NY
| Candlestick in shape of stork in Pierce Manse. Concord, NH
| New England glass candlesticks (1850-70) at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
| New England glass dolphin candlesticks (1840-60) at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
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Steuben Blue Aurene glass candlesticks at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
| Candelabra at Illinois State Museum. Springfield, IL
| Candlesticks on parlor mantle of Lincoln home. Springfield, IL
| Candlesticks in dining room of Val-Kill. Hyde Park, NY
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New England glass whale oil lamp (early 19th C) at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
| New England glass whale oil lamp (early 19th C) at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
| Oil lamps at Baldwin House Museum in Lahaina. Maui, HI
| Collection of glass oil lamps in Maine State Museum. Augusta, ME
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Safety lamp used in powder magazines recovered from USS Cairo. Vicksburg, MS
| Collection of explosion-proof mining lamps at Colorado History Museum. Denver, CO
| Carbide lamp (c1915) & miner's cap (c1895) at Washington State History Museum. Tacoma, WA
| Cane stand with torch for torch light parades in Old State Capitol. Springfield, IL
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Brass lamp with bell used in torch-light election parades in Benjamin Harrison house. Indianapolis, IN
| Railway signal lamps at Cripple Creek Museum. Cripple Creek, CO
| Silver-plated Argand table lamp probably bought by George Washington from Philadelphia silversmith Joseph Anthony in 1792 in American History Museum. Washington, DC
| Silvered reflector bracket lamp (1890) at Warp Pioneer Village. Minden, NE
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Desk & oil lamp in early U.S. Forestry Service Ranger Station at South Park City. Fairplay, CO
| Table lamps from Denver & Rio Grande Dining Cars at Cripple Creek Museum. Cripple Creek, CO
| Stand for oil lamps & writing materials in upper chamber of Province House. Charlottetown, PE
| Collection of kerosene lamps at Warp Pioneer Village. Minden, NE
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Angle lamps (1885) invented to give more light in less space at Warp Pioneer Village. Minden, NE
| Hanging oil lamp in dining room of Green Gables. Cavendish, PE
| Oil lamp of Pioneer Cabin at Reeder's Alley. Helena, MT
| Hand-painted lamp (c1886) with portraits of Buffalo Bill & Sitting Bull at Buffalo Bill Museum. Lookout Mountain, CO
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Replica of Edison's original light bulb (1929) at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
| Early Edison light bulbs at Edison Estate Museum. Fort Myers, FL
| Tungsten Mazda light bulbs (c1910) at Edison Estate Museum. Fort Myers, FL
| Swiss gold pocket watch (1927) with engraved filament light bulb given to Edison by Charles Willis Ward. Fort Myers, FL
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Mazda electric light bulb tester (1924-34) at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY
| Incandescent light bulb in Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory at Greenfield Village. Dearborn, MI
| Light bulb with HH initials & elephant promoting Hoover's record of the electrification of America in his political efforts at Hoover Museum. West Branch, IA
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