I must have been about 10 when my father became obsessed with the customs and institutions of pre-World War II England. Unconcerned with either appropriateness or reality, he even had big plans for me ...

This week's restoration features a 100+ year-old carbide bicycle lamp made in Birmingham, England by the Joseph Lucas company. The lamp operates using a chemical reaction between water and calcium ...

This was found in a ditch - but represents a pioneering technology from early 20th century Britain. It probably dates around 1910. These lamps produce and burn acetylene, and were originally used in ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is an Auto-Lite Carbide Mining ...

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Anne Wareing on behalf of Margaret Coultherd and has been added to the site with her permission…. Clapham 1944 they didn’t know much about the war, ...

Years of innovation have made illuminating spaces easy, just flip a switch and everything is bright. But, before electricity, oil lamps, candles and lanterns held sway. Shyam Mote displays a lamp from ...

Step-by-step restoration of a 100+ year-old rusty Joseph Lucas bicycle carbide lamp, preserving its historic charm and restoring its original function. Tsunami alerts triggered for entire US West ...

This was found in a ditch - but represents a pioneering technology from early 20th century Britain. It probably dates around 1910. These lamps produce and burn acetylene, and were originally used in ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This full shift carbide mining lamp ...