Flashlight

Object Name:

Flashlight

Object ID:

1994.006.56

Creator:

EvereadyManufacturer

Place of Origin:

U.S.A.

Description:

Flashlight, "EVEREADY". Metal cases, with glass lens. Thumb lever on side that slides back and forth to make contact with lamp holder. Silver chrome, with convex lens. Metal reflector unit on inside behind lens. Threaded lamp fits into reflector. Lamp marked with "USA" on side of metal threaded collar. Dark insulator and soft-metal cap on end of lamp. Hemispherical glass bulb containing a filament strung between two metal wires imbedded in a small drop of blue glass inside lamp. Brass slide switch on side of barrel that is riveted to a flat-metal bar on inside of tube. On back of reflector is flat insulating disc which has thin flat, brass washer crimped onto it. Inside brass washer in the thread for the lamp. Two probably C-cell batteries are used in lamp. Their positive poles rest on the insulated terminal of lamp. A small coil spring inside threaded cap presses batteries in place. Diagonally knurled decorations around edges of front and back caps. On end of back cap in the logo are incised. Logo is hexagon. Letters have common horizontal boundary between words "EVEREADY" and "FLASHLIGHT". "EVEREADY" extends upward to conform with the top point of hexagon and "FLASHLIGHT" extends downward to fill the bottom part of hexagon. Circular row of small ridges around edge of cap. Small raised letters below logo read: "MADE" on one side "IN U S A" on the other. Marked "PAT.OCT.19.1915".

Material:

Metal
Glass

Dimensions:

L-5.5 Dia-1.3 inches

Provenance:

Jane Chworowsky (1929-1993), was born in PA and raised in Newport, NH. She attended Plymouth State College, and briefly taught English in Charlestown, NH (1953-55). She ran an antiques business -- Jane's Cabin Antiques -- at her home in Croydon, NH. She bequeathed the contents of her home and business to NHHS.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Jane Lee Chworowsky