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Hendrick Mfg Co pic2.JPG - HENDRICK MFG CO - Very hard to find driver’s lamp with brass collar,stamped on font THE HENDRICK MFG CO LTD, JULY 21, 1896 CARBONDALE, PA. 3 3/4 in. to top of spout, shield between spout and font with disc boot kick, with fill funnel, unfired condition (July 21, 1896, Patent No. 564,450 was awarded to Edward J. O’Keefe of Vandling, PA for these features and assigned to the Eli E. Hendrick Mfg. Co. Ltd; the O’Keefe Patent is marked on a Trethaway lamp in my collection; very few examples of the Hendrick marking are known apparently because Trethawaybought the O’Keefe patent from Hendrick before many lamps couldbe made; see article in Eureka #8, pp 29-30; acquired from James Proctor; shown with Chinese azurite specimen)

Hendrick Mfg Co pic2 | HENDRICK MFG CO - Very hard to find driver’s lamp with brass collar, stamped on font THE HENDRICK MFG CO LTD, JULY 21, 1896 CARBONDALE, PA. 3 3/4 in. to top of spout, shield between spout and font with disc boot kick, with fill funnel, unfired condition (July 21, 1896, Patent No. 564,450 was awarded to Edward J. O’Keefe of Vandling, PA for these features and assigned to the Eli E. Hendrick Mfg. Co. Ltd; the O’Keefe Patent is marked on a Trethaway lamp in my collection; very few examples of the Hendrick marking are known apparently because Trethaway bought the O’Keefe patent from Hendrick before many lamps could be made; see article in Eureka #8, pp 29-30; acquired from James Proctor; shown with Chinese azurite specimen)

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