Cylindrical tin torch light with one wick for lighting and screw-top for re-filling. One of the brackets that would have been used to secure a wire handle has broken off. Item donor Susan H. Douglas dates torch light to ca. 1884 based on its similarity to an item advertised an 1884 Peck & Snyder sales flier.
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Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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