![USS Constitution lantern at Park Service Visitor Center. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAB/MAAC1253.JPG) | ![Lantern from England, reputed to have hung in Boston's Old North Church on April 18, 1775 to signal British movements to Paul Revere & others at Concord Museum. Concord, MA.](/t/USMAC/MACM021.JPG) | ![Tin lantern at Nathan Hale Homestead Museum. Coventry, CT.](/t/USCT/CTKMH107.JPG) | ![Ships lanterns in chandlery at Mystic Seaport. Mystic, CT.](/t/USCTX/CTMS285.JPG) |
USS Constitution lantern at Park Service Visitor Center. Boston, MA. | Lantern (1765-75) from England, reputed to have hung in Boston's Old North Church on April 18, 1775 to signal British movements to Paul Revere & others at Concord Museum. Concord, MA. | Tin lantern at Nathan Hale Homestead Museum. Coventry, CT. | Ships lanterns in chandlery at Mystic Seaport. Mystic, CT. |
![Tin lantern at Joshua Hempstead House. New London, CT.](/t/USCTX/CTNH24.JPG) | ![Early American glass bottles & a lantern at Judson House. Stratford, CT.](/t/USCTX/CTSJ104.JPG) | ![Mold-blown lanterns engraved with promotional names by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. at Sandwich Glass Museum. Sandwich, MA.](/t/USMA/MAWG1511.JPG) | ![Mold-blown lantern engraved with name of Dr. Marcus F. Delano who served as surgeon in Civil War by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. or Cape Cod Glass Co. at Sandwich Glass Museum. Sandwich, MA.](/t/USMA/MAWG1513.JPG) |
Tin lantern at Joshua Hempstead House. New London, CT. | Early American glass bottles & a lantern at Judson House. Stratford, CT. | Mold-blown lanterns engraved with promotional names (1850-70) by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. at Sandwich Glass Museum. Sandwich, MA. | Mold-blown lantern (1865) engraved with name of Dr. Marcus F. Delano who served as surgeon in Civil War by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. or Cape Cod Glass Co. at Sandwich Glass Museum. Sandwich, MA. |
![Mold-blown lanterns engraved with initials RER by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. at Sandwich Glass Museum. Sandwich, MA.](/t/USMA/MAWG1515.JPG) | ![Candlesticks & lanterns at Woodman Museum. Dover, NH.](/t/USNH/NHVM395.JPG) | ![Tin candle holders & lanterns at Museum of Spanish Colonial Art. Santa Fe, NM.](/t/USNM/NMFH621.JPG) | ![Double mantled lanterns with two wicks which cast no shadow at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB135.JPG) |
Mold-blown lanterns engraved with initials RER (1880) by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. at Sandwich Glass Museum. Sandwich, MA. | Candlesticks & lanterns at Woodman Museum. Dover, NH. | Tin candle holders & lanterns (19thC) at Museum of Spanish Colonial Art. Santa Fe, NM. | Double mantled lanterns with two wicks which cast no shadow at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. |
![Three-wick gimballed ship's lantern excavated from La Belle Shipwreck at Bullock Texas State History Museum. Austin, TX.](/t/USTXD/TXTMH119.JPG) | ![Flintlocks, powder & lamps in guardhouse in Fort James at Jamestown Settlement. Jamestown, VA.](/t/USVA/VAYJ452.JPG) | ![Whale oil chandelier in kitchen at Craik-Patton House. Charleston, WV.](/t/USWV/WVCP122.JPG) | ![Safety lamp used in powder magazines recovered from USS Cairo. Vicksburg, MS.](/t/USMS/MSVB325.JPG) |
Three-wick gimballed ship's lantern (c1684) excavated from La Belle Shipwreck (lent: TX Historical Commission) at Bullock Texas State History Museum. Austin, TX. | Flintlocks, powder & lamps in guardhouse in Fort James at Jamestown Settlement. Jamestown, VA. | Whale oil chandelier in kitchen at Craik-Patton House. Charleston, WV. | Safety lamp used in powder magazines recovered from USS Cairo. Vicksburg, MS. |
![Collection of explosion-proof mining lamps at Colorado History Museum. Denver, CO.](/t/USCO/CODH77.JPG) | ![Carbide lamp & miner's cap at Washington State History Museum. Tacoma, WA.](/t/USWA/WATH65.JPG) | ![Silver miner's lamp with Virgin Mary from Bolivia at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX.](/t/USTXC/TXAA353.JPG) | ![Campaign torches from 1860 presidential campaign including one with Lincoln's name at National Museum of American History. Washington, DC.](/t/USDCM/DCMI1621.JPG) |
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. | Silver miner's lamp with Virgin Mary (19thC) from Bolivia at San Antonio Museum of Art. San Antonio, TX. | Campaign torches from 1860 presidential campaign including one with Lincoln's name at National Museum of American History. Washington, DC. |
![Cane stand with torch for torch light parades in Old State Capitol. Springfield, IL.](/t/USIL/ILSA132.JPG) | ![Election parade campaign torch at 1859 Jail Museum. Independence, MO.](/t/USMOK/MOKD447.JPG) | ![Campaign tin torch patented by Saulson of Troy, NY at Rutherford B. Hayes Museum. Fremont, OH.](/t/USOHN/OHEBM084.JPG) | ![Cut overlay parade lantern for Lincoln & Hamlin by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. at Sandwich Glass Museum. Sandwich, MA.](/t/USMA/MAWG1601.JPG) |
Cane stand with torch for torch light parades in Old State Capitol. Springfield, IL. | Election parade campaign torch at 1859 Jail Museum. Independence, MO. | Campaign tin torch (1876) patented by Saulson of Troy, NY at Rutherford B. Hayes Museum. Fremont, OH. | Cut overlay parade lantern for Lincoln & Hamlin (1860) by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. at Sandwich Glass Museum. Sandwich, MA. |
![Overlay lantern pane for Lincoln campaign with rooster emblem of "Wide-Awakes" antislavery political group by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. at Sandwich Glass Museum. Sandwich, MA.](/t/USMA/MAWG1604.JPG) | ![Brass torch-light election parade lamp in Benjamin Harrison house. Indianapolis, IN.](/t/USIN/ININ638.JPG) | ![Rutherford B. Hayes & William A. Wheeler presidential campaign lantern at Hayes Museum. Fremont, OH.](/t/USOHN/OHEBM076.JPG) | ![Benjamin Harrison & Levi P. Morton campaign paper lantern. Fremont, OH.](/t/USOHN/OHEBP233.JPG) |
Overlay lantern pane for Lincoln campaign (1860) with rooster emblem of "Wide-Awakes" antislavery political group by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. at Sandwich Glass Museum. Sandwich, MA. | Brass lamp with bell used in torch-light election parades at Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site. Indianapolis, IN. | Rutherford B. Hayes & William A. Wheeler presidential campaign lantern (1876) at Hayes Museum. Fremont, OH. | Benjamin Harrison & Levi P. Morton campaign paper lantern (1888) (at Hayes Presidential Center). Fremont, OH. |
![Full dinner Pail campaign lantern from William McKinley & Theodore Roosevelt election at National Museum of American History. Washington, DC.](/t/USDCM/DCMI2505.JPG) | ![Carved fisherman with lantern on fisherman's wharf. Monterey, CA.](/t/USCA/CAYQ26.JPG) | ![Transcontinental railroad commemorative lantern at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.](/t/USNY/NYGGA780.JPG) | ![Antique railway lanterns & candle lanterns at Judson House. Stratford, CT.](/t/USCTX/CTSJ105.JPG) |
Full dinner Pail campaign lantern from William McKinley & Theodore Roosevelt election (1900) at National Museum of American History. Washington, DC. | Carved fisherman with lantern on fisherman's wharf. Monterey, CA. | Transcontinental railroad commemorative lantern (c1860-70) at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY. | Antique railway lanterns & candle lanterns at Judson House. Stratford, CT. |
![Collection of railway lanterns at Nevada State Railroad Museum. Carson City, NV.](/t/USNV/NVCR091.JPG) | ![Lanterns & hardware at Barbours General Store museum. Saint John, NB.](/t/CDNNB/NBJ148.JPG) | ![Railway lanterns at Lomita Railroad Museum. Lomita, CA.](/t/USCAA/CABSR12.JPG) | ![Lantern in New Mexico Museum of Art. Santa Fe, NM.](/t/USNM/NMFB555.JPG) |
Collection of railway lanterns at Nevada State Railroad Museum. Carson City, NV. | Lanterns & hardware at Barbours General Store museum. Saint John, NB. | Railway lanterns at Lomita Railroad Museum. Lomita, CA. | Lantern in New Mexico Museum of Art. Santa Fe, NM. |
![Metal temple lanterns hang in Nara. Japan.](/t/JP/JP052.JPG) | ![Lantern detail on the Heian-jingu Shrine. Japan.](/t/JP/JP079.JPG) |
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Metal temple lanterns hang in Nara. Japan. | Lantern detail on the Heian-jingu Shrine. Japan. |
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