Artifact of the Week: 1908 Stonebridge Folding Tin Lantern!
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- This week we explore the Stonebridge Folding Lantern, patented in 1908, which became popular during and following WWI.
#history #1900s #1910s #1920s #lantern #antiquelantern #wwi #vintagecamping
Interesting and informative. Looking forward to another camping adventure!
It has been in the single digits here for over a week while I CAN camp in those conditions, and HAVE in the past, now, at 40 years old, I no longer feel I have to PROVE myself by camping in those conditions! Haha!
I know EXACTLY what you mean! I know how to do it, but I don't WANT to do it! ;-))@@20thcenturyadventures
@@cleophusA ok, so you got the gears turning, and I decided to drag myself outside in the snow today to make a video. It's one I've wanted to do for a while, and now I'm back inside, happily editing it. So, thanks for the kick in the butt to get me out there. When you see a long-format video launch in the next couple of days, with snow all over, know that this one is for you! Lol!
Wow excellent introduction. I didn’t know about mica in lanterns. I knew about early lanterns having horn plates. Then glass. Mica is new for me. Great content! Thanks
Love the lantern and the video
Looking forward to the next one!
Thank you for doing this. My parents lived in that era. Not many reenactors choose that period to bring back to life. You do a nice job of bringing back to life a period in American history that is interesting and elegant. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! There is a growing interest in this period. I think that once we get more than 100 years away from a historical era, it becomes more interesting to most people, and the idea of the era more romantic. I would expect to see an increase in people recreating this era in the coming years.
Wow. Never seen one of those. Gonna keep eye out for one. Wife is always at antique mall and flea markets.
These are great lanterns, I have a couple and they work well. I think the simplicity and reliability of the candle lantern is preferable compared to pressurized gas lanterns or oil lanterns when camping.
I’ve seen more then a couple of these for sale at the flea markets but always passed because of the condition of the mica panes…never knew about the compartment that may have held replacements!
I have an original civil war era lantern that has a sliding base that you can pull down so to set it on a table. I used to use it at rendezvous
Nice video. Reproductions from Japan were sold about 50+ years ago. The metal was very thin and hard to assemble. Mine was basically NOS. Still in that condition because it is so fiddly to set up that I am affraid to break it and the candle holder is different. Buy an original or a good reproduction so you are not disapointed.
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I wonder if any of those came with glass I'll have to check to see if the new ones do
The mica sheets were also referred to as isinglass back in the day
@hitchpost5822 actually, isenglass is an early type of clear, flexible material similar to marine vinyl and was used to make windows for side curtains in touring cars. It is not mica. I believe it is made from fish collagen.
@@20thcenturyadventures Maybe you should try looking it up in a dictionary
definition #2 Merriam- Webster “mica especially when in thin transparent sheets”
also from Oxford Languages def. #2 “mica or a similar material in thin transparent sheets”
The mica “Isinglass” was an early heat resistant glass substitute used in oven windows ,kerosene lanterns,
the Coleman Quick Lite Lantern w Mica / Isinglass Globe some lamp shades and your candle lantern
The other product you are referring to is also listed in the definitions of isinglass
@@hitchpost5822 interesting. I've never seen mica referred to as that. In all the references I've seen, it's the fish vinyl. Always something to learn.
Very cool! I followed you here from YT and now I'm off to find a folding lantern. Good channel, I'm subscribing.
i have one just like it that came in a vintage abercrombie cook set i got years ago.
Nice little video. I grew up with my 19th century Grandmother, so I could not help but notice all the smoking on the kerosene (coal oil) lamp next to the lantern. This is almost always depicted in period movies(along with billowing black smoke from steam locomotives), however, people of that era rarely saw either, as incomplete combustion is wasteful and they were anything but wasteful. Grandma taught me to keep my lamp chimneys clean, my wicks trimmed and my flame low enough to prevent soot collecting on the chimney!
Yes. This is true! For whatever reason, I can't make that one function right. I have another one that has a different, but equally frustrating issue. Someday, I'll figure it out. They are not antiques, but reproductions, so the quality may just be too poor. Also, hard to find decent wick material these days. Everything I find seems to have a little synthetic fiber in it, which is just terrible in every possible way.
Have you tried Leahmans of Kidron Ohio, they are the hardware store that supplies the Amish community in the area.They always seem to have just what I need for my collection of oil lamps. Good luck and keep up the good work!@@20thcenturyadventures
I have two. Anyone have a good source for replacement mica or is there a modern plastic that will work as well?
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads carries them. There are other places as well. Plastic just wouldn't be right!
@@20thcenturyadventures I used to drive by Fire Mountain Gems in Grants Pass, Oregon, on a regular basis.