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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Gaslighting in America A Guide for Historic Preservation |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Index (omitted from the online edition)
LIST OF PLATES (all plates in PDF format, except as noted)
Frontispiece: View of Boston and Sandwich Glass Company Exhibit, 1878. (JPEG format)
1 Fixtures in Accum's treatise on gaslighting, London, 1815.
2 Fixtures in Accum's treatise on gaslighting, London, 1815.
3 Gas burner types developed by 1820.
4 Fixtures from unidentified English catalogue, ca. 1820-1830.
5 Fixtures from unidentified English catalogue, ca. 1820-1830.
6 Fixtures from unidentified English catalogue, ca. 1820-1830.
7 Fixtures from unidentified English catalogue, ca. 1820-1830.
8 Fixtures from unidentified English catalogue, ca. 1820-1830.
9 Fixtures from unidentified English catalogue, ca. 1820-1830.
10 Fixtures from unidentified English catalogue, ca. 1820-1830.
11 Fixtures from unidentified English catalogue, ca. 1820-1830.
12 A Boston ballroom, ca. 1838.
13 White House East Room chandeliers, 1834-1873.
14 Watercolor of a Philadelphia interior with a ca. 1841 pendant with lamp.
15 Cornelius "Gas Fittings," 1846, from T. U. Walter and J. J. Smith, A Guide to Workers in Metal and Stone.
16 Interior of Broadway Tabernacle, New York City, 1847.
17 Woodville's painting "Politics in an Oyster House," 1848.
18 Chandelier with Morning-Glory patterned branches, ca. 1850.
19 Chandelier with Morning-Glory patterned branches, ca. 1850.
20 Chandelier with cased glass vase and bowl, ca. 1850.
21 Archer and Warner grapevine patterned gaselier, 1850.
22 Archer and Warner grapevine patterned gaselier, 1850.
23 Archer and Warner grapevine patterned gaselier, 1850.
24 Rococo chandelier, ca. 1850.
25 Parlor gaselier, ca. 1856.
26 Allegorical gaselier, ca. 1853.
27 Engraving of Cornelius and Baker fixtures shown at the International Exhibition in New York City, 1853-1854.
28 Elaborate chandelier, probably by Cornelius, ca. 1849.
29 Ball scene with supplemental lighting, New York City, 1863.
30 Store lighted by gas pillars, 1854.
31 Chandeliers with unshaded burners, 1861.
32 Gas table lamp, 1855.
33 Fixtures by Starr, Fellows and Company, ca. 1856.
34 Fixtures by Starr, Fellows and Company, ca. 1856.
35 Fixtures by Starr, Fellows and Company, ca. 1856.
36 Fixtures by Starr, Fellows and Company, ca. 1856.
37 Fixtures by Starr, Fellows and Company, ca. 1856.
38 Rod-hung chandelier, ca. 1856, similar to no. 78 on plate 37.
39 Fixtures by Fellows, Hoffman and Company, 1857-1859.
40 Fixtures by Fellows, Hoffman and Company, 1857-1859.
41 Fixtures from the 1856 Starr, Fellows and Company catalogue.
42 Fixtures from the 1856 Starr, Fellows and Company catalogue.
43 Fixtures from the Fellows, Hoffman and Company catalogue, 1857-1859.
44 Brass fittings from Starr, Fellows, and Company catalogue, 1856.
45 Brackets from the Archer, Warner, Miskey and Company catalogue, 1857-1859.
46 Archer and Warner Gothic chandelier.
47 Fixtures from the Archer, Warner, Miskey and Company catalogue, 1857-1859.
48 Fixtures from the Archer, Warner, Miskey and Company catalogue, 1857-1859.
49 Fixtures from the Archer, Warner, Miskey and Company catalogue, 1857-1859.
50 Fixtures from the Archer, Warner, Miskey and Company catalogue, 1857-1859.
51 Photograph of an interior with a ca. 1865 lamp and chandelier.
52 Monson's Patent Extension Fixture, 1860.
53 Cornelius and Baker chandelier in the Vermont Statehouse, 1859.
54 Cornelius and Baker chandelier in the U.S. Capitol, President's Room, ca. 1860.
55 Cornelius and Baker fixtures by J. G. Bruff for the Treasury Building, 1859.
56 Cornelius and Baker fixtures by J. G. Bruff for the Treasury Building, 1859.
57 Cornelius and Baker fixtures by J. G. Bruff for the Treasury Building, 1859.
58 Cornelius and Baker fixtures by J. G. Bruff for the Treasury Building, 1859.
59 Cornelius and Baker fixtures by J. G. Bruff for the Treasury Building, 1859.
60 Cornelius and Baker fixtures by J. G. Bruff for the Treasury Building, 1859.
61 Painting of a New York City saloon interior, 1863.
62 Music Room chandelier, Morse-Libby House, Portland, Maine, 1863.
63 Cornelius and Baker three branch cast-iron chandelier, 1860s.
64 Cornelius and Baker three branch cast-iron chandelier, 1860s.
65 Engraving of Tucker Manufacturing Company cast-iron chandeliers in the Paris Universal Exhibition, 1867.
66 Fixtures in A.T. Stewart's Mansion, New York City, 1869.
67 Fixtures in A.T. Stewart's Mansion, New York City, 1869.
68 Section through a mansion showing mechanism of a Springfield Gas Machine, ca. 1868.
69 Painting of W.H. Vanderbilt Parlor, New York City, 1873.
70 Chandeliers installed in the East Room of the White House, 1873.
71 Detail of a glass chandelier showing ball and socket joint at ceiling, ca. 1865.
72 Mt. Washington Glassworks Display in the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876.
73 Brass and ormolu chandelier by Mitchell, Vance and Company, 1870.
74 Cornelius and Sons display in the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876.
75 Fixtures by Cornelius and Sons, ca. 1876.
76 Fixtures by Cornelius and Sons, ca. 1876.
77 Fixtures by Cornelius and Sons, ca. 1876.
78 Fixtures by Cornelius and Sons, ca. 1876.
79 Fixtures by Cornelius and Sons, ca. 1876.
80 Fixtures by Cornelius and Sons, ca. 1876.
81 Fixtures by Archer and Pancoast Company, probably 1876.
82 Fixtures by Archer and Pancoast Company, probably 1876.
83 Fixtures by Archer and Pancoast Company, probably 1876.
84 Fixtures by Archer and Pancoast Company, probably 1876.
85 Fixtures by Archer and Pancoast Company, probably 1876.
86 Fixtures by Archer and Pancoast Company, probably 1876.
87 Yale classroom with reflector chandeliers.
88 A reconstruction of reflectors used at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876.
89 Milwaukee Department Store Interior, ca. 1870.
90 Courtroom Fixtures, New York City, 1877.
91 Von Ezdorf design for chandelier, State, War and Navy Building, 1876-1886.
92 Fixtures by Thackera, Sons and Company, 1882.
93 Fixtures by Thackera, Sons and Company, 1882.
94 Chandelier by Thackera, Buck and Company, ca. 1881.
95 Fixtures by Thackera, Sons and Company, 1882.
96 Fixtures by Thackera, Sons and Company, 1882.
97 Fixtures by Thackera, Sons and Company, 1882.
98 Six-light glass ornamented chandelier, 1880s.
99 Welsbach burner, 1890.
100 Susan B. Anthony's parlor, ca. 1906.
101 1880s chandelier with inverted gas burner and light controls, post 1905.
102 Fixtures from the McKenney and Waterbury Company catalogue, ca. 1900-1910.
103 Fixtures from the McKenney and Waterbury Company catalogue, ca. 1900-1910.
104 Fixtures from the McKenney and Waterbury Company catalogue, ca. 1900-1910.
105 Fixtures from the McKenney and Waterbury Company catalogue, ca. 1900-1910.
106 Gas fixtures from Sears, Roebuck and Company catalogue, 1908.
107 Combination gas and electric fixtures, 1892-ca. 1900.
108 Combination gas and electric fixtures, 1892-ca. 1900.
109 Combination gas and electric fixtures, 1892-ca. 1900.
110 Device for lighting the gas.
111 Lithograph of the People's Gas Company, Baltimore, 1870-1881.
112 Ornamented gasmeter, ca. 1867.
113 Washington, D.C., street lamp, 1865.
114 Philadelphia theater street lamps, 1860.
115 Reconstruction of Ford's Theater street lamp.
116 Lamppost for private driveway, ca. 1850.
117 Welsbach burner street lamps in Independence Square, Philadelphia, 1905.
118 Cast-iron ornamental lamp standards at Tennessee State Capitol, 1859.
119 Cast-iron exterior lamp brackets, probably 1854.
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