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Whaling tools II
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, pen and ink
Lamp, Camphene
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A cylindrical glass jar with a lid which transforms it into a lamp. The lid has two broad wick holders protruding from one side. A heavy C shaped cover with chain for the wick holders is attached and indicates that this is probably a camphene lamp.
Lighter, Cigar
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)An elaborately decorated small lamp in the shape of an ancient lamp, like the one like that which belonged to the legendary Aladdin. It has a single wick opening. This is, in fact a cigar lighter.
Lamp, Kerosene
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This lamp has a tall cylindrical reservoir which is white glass, handpainted with autumn colored leaves. There is a wheel handle for moving the wick upwards. The base of the lamp is heavy cast iron sporting geometric sunburst, triangular and heartshaped friezes.
Newspaper notices to whalemen
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Newspaper advertisements
Whaling tools I
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, pen and ink
Filler, Lamp
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A tall cylindrical copper pot with a long thin spout and lid.
Lamp, Fuel
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A copper/brass lamp made of several parts. A saucer base has a ring for hanging it up and a small circular handle. On top of the saucer is a tall cylindrical post on which a canting (tilting) reservoir is mounted. There is a single wick holder at the top.
Whalecraft
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, pen and ink
Lamp, Fuel
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A copper/brass lamp made of several parts. A saucer base has a ring for hanging it up and a small circular handle. On top of the saucer is a tall cylindrical post on which a canting (tilting) reservoir is mounted. There is a single wick holder at the top.
Lamp, Fuel
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A heavy cast iron lamp. It is cylindrical with a two wick holes on the top on a slotted panel which includes a knob to move aside that panel for filling. The lamp is on a long iron handle which moves back and forth.
Lighter, Cigar
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A small lamp in the shape of an ancient lamp, like the one like that which belonged to the legendary Aladdin. It has a single wick opening. This is, in fact a cigar lighter.
The 'Wanderer' of New Bedford
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Filler, Lamp
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A tall cylindrical copper pot with a long thin spout and lid.
Lamp, Camphene;
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A tin lamp with a conical base upon which is mounted a larger conical reservoir. The single wick opening which comes from the top of the lamp has a chained conical cover. There is a whole in the back of the lamp to fill it, and a small handle there as well.
Lamp, Camphene;
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A tin lamp formed in a broad, short cylinder. Three upright cylindrical wick holders are mounted on top of the cylinder well separated from one another, indicating this is probably a camphene lamp.
Edward R. Cole, maker of whalecraft
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Lamp, Camphene;
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Small camphene/kerosene lamp made out of brass. A saucer holds a small cylinder on top of which is a globular reservoir with a pronounced shoulder. This leads to a single wick channel. A conical cap is attached by means of a hinge. There is a circular carrying handle.
Scrimshaw whale teeth
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Photograph, b/w
Modern whaleship 'Baleana'
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, pen and ink
Types of whales: Odontoceti or toothed cetaceans
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drawing, pen and ink
Lighter, Cigar
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A elaborately decorated small lamp in the shape of an ancient lamp, like the one like that which belonged to the legendary Aladdin. It has a single wick opening. This is, in fact a cigar lighter.

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