Headlamp, Locomotive
Object number94.52.1
Artist
MacBeth-Evans Glass Company
(1899 - 1936)
Date1919
MediumGlass
Credit LineGift of Laura Evans Ford and Emory Moran Ford
DescriptionColorless, machine-made glass locomotive headlamp. Circular lens with seven horizontal tiers and ribbed edge. Embossed lettering on bottom tier.Dimensions0.125 x 10 in. (0.3 x 25.4 cm)MarksOn bottom of lens, LIBERTY LENS / MACBETH-EVANS / GLASS COMPANY / PAT DEC 8 14 N4776-10
Label TextThese “Liberty Lens” were so named because they were made during World War I. MacBeth-Evans Glass Co., Pittsburgh;
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