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2. Laurel Lamp Company - Wikipedia

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   Laurel was known for its original mid-century modern lamp designs and other home furnishings in traditional, contemporary, and post-modern styles. [4] The company’s design work was overseen by co-founder and president Harold Weiss and was supplemented by collaborations with notable designers including Pierre Cardin , Bijan of California and ...

3. Fostoria Shade and Lamp Company - Wikipedia

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   Kerosine lamps were used in the home for lighting, since electric lighting was only beginning in the late 1800s. [22] Demand for kerosine lamps would continue for decades. By 1920 electricity reached only 35 percent of homes in the United States. [23] Lamps from the 1890s consisted of a stand, font, chimney, and often a shade. [24]

4. History of street lighting in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In New Orleans, arc lamps were used for street lighting starting in 1881. In 1882, the New Orleans Brush Lighting Company installed one hundred 2,000-candlepower arc lamps along five miles of wharf and riverfront; by 1885, New Orleans had 655 arc lights. [1] In Chicago, arc lamps were used in public street lighting starting in 1887. [1]

5. Lamps Plus - Wikipedia

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   Lamps Plus, Inc. is a privately held corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells portable lighting, fixture lighting, furniture, home décor items and a variety of other related products. Its worldwide headquarters is located in the Chatsworth district of the San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles, California .

6. Timeline of lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   1876 Pavel Yablochkov invents the Yablochkov candle, the first practical carbon arc lamp, for public street lighting in Paris. 1879 (About Christmas time) Col. R. E. Crompton illuminated his home in Porchester Gardens, using a primary battery of Grove Cells, then a generator which was better. He gave special parties and illuminated his drawing ...

7. 21 Vintage Photos of Christmas Window Displays From the Last ...

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   Take a trip down memory lane with by looking at these incredible photos of Christmas window displays from the last 100 years,