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Date
1925 – 1960
Material
metal; glass; plastic
Catalogue Number
102.05.0091 a,b
Description
Two ordinary, cylindrical, metal flashlights (a) black painted over brass, with bright metal caps at each end and large belt clip and ring at back. Sliding metal button switch near front of light. Small bulb recessed in dome shape and covered with screw-on, octagonal cap with thick, flat lens. Meta…
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Title
Flashlight
Date
1925 – 1960
Material
metal; glass; plastic
Dimensions
5.5 x 17.3 cm
Description
Two ordinary, cylindrical, metal flashlights (a) black painted over brass, with bright metal caps at each end and large belt clip and ring at back. Sliding metal button switch near front of light. Small bulb recessed in dome shape and covered with screw-on, octagonal cap with thick, flat lens. Metal cap on other end unscrews for insertion of batteries. Fluted handgrip texture around back end of case.( b) red plastic lens cap silver coloured, squared tube with large, red plastic box switch on side and arrows indicating positions of "on" (up) and "off" (down). Two long magnetic bars on sides of switch box. Octagonal, screw-on red plastic lens cap with flat recessed lens covers small bulb set into dome shape.
Subject
households
camping
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.05.0091 a,b
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