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Handlan Signal Lantern (7), Handlan-Buck Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Handlan Signal Lantern, circa. 1930's. While the model of this lantern is unknown. The Handlan-buck manufacturing company produced many signaling lanterns for railroad and industrial use. This specific artifact is stamped as the property of Elizabethtown Cons Gas Co. It is estimated That this is an old name of the Elizabethtown Gas Company located in New Jersey.

Stamped on the red tinted globe is the Handlan name, red globes would have been used to signal stop or danger.

Embury Little Air Pilot Lantern, Embury Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Embury Little Air Pilot Lantern, circa. 1939. This lantern is similar in manufacturing of the mainline Embury no.2 air pilot model of lantern. It is estimated that this model was created around the same time or shortly after the no.2 and would have been produced until the Embury Company was purchased by the R.E. Dietz Manufacturing Company in 1953. The "Air Pilot" line of lanterns was introduced in 1939 to replace the "Supreme" model of lantern.

Dietz Crystal (2), R. E. Dietz Manufacturing Comapny

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Dietz "Crystal" Lantern, circa 1891. The Dietz Crystal was produced in around 5 different models. This lantern is believed to be the first or second of the earliest models of the lantern. This model features no guard wire like that on other Crystal models. It is possible that the guard wire may have been removed for the attachment of the Buckeye Dash Lamp Lens Attachment which is featured on the back of the lantern.

Information provided is altered from W.T. Kirkman Lanterns. https://lanternnet.com/

Dietz Scout Lantern, R. E. Dietz Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Dietz Scout Lantern, circa. 1918. This lantern was first produced after the first World War and most likely served as a side lamp for vehicles or for personal use by individuals. The stamping on the top of the lantern is a sign that this lantern is one of the later versions of this model.

Information provided is altered from W.T. Kirkman Lanterns. https://lanternnet.com/

Inscape 2022, Morehead State University.

Inscape: Art & Literary Magazine Archive

The 2022 edition of the Inscape: Literary and Art Magazine.

Dietz Little Giant No.100, R. E. Dietz Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Dietz Little Giant no.100, circa 1956. The Dietz Little Giant is an alternative form of the Dietz Little Wizard. The Little Giant features a larger fuel tank and alternative wicks (the area that holds the flame of the lantern). The Little Giant is most often stamped with the company who purchased it to deter theft, it was used in similar fashion to the Dietz 8-day lantern by traffic and construction companies on barricades. This lantern is a variation of the original Little Giant and lasted only a short time before the rebranding of the model into the Little Wizard.

The …

Paull's No.0 Lantern (2), Wheeling Stamping Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Paull's no.0 Cold Blast Lantern, circa 1903. This lantern is believed to have been manufactured by the Wheeling Stamping Company, also sometimes referred to as the 'Nail City Lantern Company'. The company originated in 1877 Wheeling City West Virginia where it produced around 100 lanterns a day in the form of two variations called "Leader" lanterns. The lanterns were created entirely of raw materials available to the factory except for the globes, which were created at the Buckeye Glass Works, in Martin's Ferry Ohio.

This lantern features a patented date of July 30th, 1903 on the brim. On the fuel …

Dietz No.2 D-Lite Lantern (4), R. E. Dietz Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Dietz No. 2 D-Lite Lantern, circa. 1919. The No. 2 D-Lite replaced its predecessor the original D-Lite which proved to be unaffordable due to its top lifting telescopic chimney. The No. 2 D-Lite combined the D-Lite and No. 2 Wizard to create a side lifting lantern that was more affordable.

The globe of this lantern is a LOC-NOB, LOC-NOB refers to the pair of ears on a Dietz lantern globe used to keep the globe from falling out when tilting the globe plate for lighting or trimming of the wick. The red tint of the globe would have been used …

Dietz Acme Inspector Lantern, R. E. Dietz Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Dietz Acme Inspector Lantern, circa. 1900-1960. The Acme Inspector was one of if not the most popular inspection lantern sold by Dietz for use on railroads. The lantern was the last model of square tube "hot blast" lanterns with its production ending in or around 1960.

Information provided is altered from W.T. Kirkman Lanterns. https://lanternnet.com/

Armspear 1925 Lantern (3), Armspear Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Armspear 1925 Lantern, circa. 1925. This artifact is a post World War 1 Armspear Lantern. The 1925 model lantern was Armspear's introduction into the short globe lantern market. This would continue to be the major model in production by Armspear until production was contracted to the Adams and Westlake manufacturing company, who produced an Armspear line very similar to the Adlake "Kero" model of lanterns.

The globe of this lantern seems to be a replacement globe produced for an Adlake Kero lantern, and it is stamped with C&O which most likely signaled the use of the globe and a previous …

Handlan Signal Lantern (6), Handlan Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Handlan Kerosene Signal Lantern, circa. 1930's-1940's. This lantern is different from other Handlan products, it features a style similar to traffic lanterns made by the Dietz company though it is only estimated that this would be its use. The Handlan company produced mostly kerosene signal lanterns out of St. Louis Missouri. The red globe of this lantern would have been used to signal stop or danger.

Aguila Lux Kerosene Lantern, Aguila Lux Stamping Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Aguila Lux Kerosene Lantern, circa. 1953. This lantern is a product of the same tooling that was originally used by the Embury Lantern Company for their Air Pilot lanterns. When the company was sold to the R.E. Dietz Manufacturing Company in 1953 the tooling was sold to a stamping company in Monterrey Mexico. The globe features an Eagle which is known as and Aztec mark. Aztec marks are used in multiple lantern productions that were sold to Mexican stamping companies.

Dietz Vesta (3), R. E. Dietz Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Dietz Vesta Lantern circa, 1906. There are four versions of the Dietz Vesta all with different sized globes and choices of manufacturing. This lantern is estimated to be the second or third type of the model which stands around 10 inches tall.

Stamped on the lid is the phrase New York Central, this is estimated to mean that the lantern was used by the New York Central Railway system.

Information provided is altered from W.T. Kirkman Lanterns. https://lanternnet.com/

Dietz No.999 Lantern, R.E. Dietz Manufacturing Company

Morehead History & Railroad Museum Lantern Collection

Dietz No.999 Lantern, circa. 1929. This lantern is one of the more rare Dietz lanterns that shares qualities similar to the Adlake "Kero" model of lanterns. This lantern would be used mostly by railroad companies. This particular lantern is stamped N.Y.C.S which is an abbreviation of the New York Central System.

Information provided is altered from W.T. Kirkman Lanterns. https://lanternnet.com/

Photographic Slides Of Appalachia, Appalachian Museum. Berea College.

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

2022 Morehead State University Benefits Guide, Morehead State University. Office Of Human Resources.

Staff Congress Records

2022 Morehead State University Benefits Guide.

2021-12-16 Caudill Connection, Morehead State University. Caudill College Of Arts, Humanities And Social Sciences.

Caudill Connection

Caudill Connection newsletter for December 16, 2021.

2021-12-14 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

A message sent by the President of Morehead State University to the campus community regarding upcoming dates of importance, announcements and the campus closing from December 14, 2021.

2021-12-07 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter from December 7, 2021.

2021-12-07 Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes from December 7, 2021.

2021-12-01 Caudill Connection, Morehead State University. Caudill College Of Arts, Humanities And Social Sciences.

Caudill Connection

Caudill Connection newsletter for December 1, 2021.

Kemper Family Papers, Kemper Family.

Morehead State University Manuscripts Collections

No abstract provided.

2021-11-11 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter from November 11, 2021.

2021-11-08 Message From The Provost, Morehead State University. Office Of The Provost.

Staff Congress Records

A message sent by the Provost of Morehead State University to the campus community regarding campus event announcements from November 8, 2021.

2021-11-05 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

A message sent by the President of Morehead State University to the campus community regarding the remaining fall events schedule and update on the estimated vaccine rate for employees from November 5, 2021.

2021-11-02 Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes from November 2, 2021

Morehead State University In The New Millennium: Persisting Through Tough Times And Protecting Individual Rights: 2000s And 2010s, Kendall Potter

100 Years at Morehead State Poster Archive

A poster describing the decades of the 2000s and 2010s at Morehead State University. The poster was created by Kendall Potter and titled Morehead State University in the New Millennium: Persisting Through Tough Times and Protecting Individual Rights.

2021-10-28 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

A message sent by the President of Morehead State University to the campus community regarding campus vaccination rates, booster shots, and flu vaccines from October 28, 2021.

Ann Samantha Button Friendship’S Tablet, 1854-1857, Office Of The President, Ann Samantha Button

University Archives Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

2021-10-18 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

A message sent by the President of Morehead State University to the campus community regarding the death of a student from October 18, 2021.