Oilwick Lamps/Trethaway O'Keefe

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Trethaway O'Keefe.JPG - TRETHAWAY BROS. O'KEEFE PATENT - Driver’s lamp with brass collar,stamped TRETHAWAY BROS., PARSONS, PA O’KEEFE PATENT JULY 21, 96 on side of lamp, reinforced spout and disc boot kick, marked with pasted on W140 on bottom, 1 1/2 in. base dia, 2 5/8 in. tall to lid, 4 in. spout; ex-Tony Moon collection (The Trethaway Bros. of Parsons, PA produced more varieties of wick lamps than any other manufacturer; in 1894, Richard Trethaway formed a partnership with his brothers William, Joseph, John and Charles to manufacture tin and metalware products including wick lamps; Richard served as president of the firm located in Parsons which in 1927 was absorbed by the city of Wilkes-Barre; the firm grew steadily and by 1912, employed nearly 500 employees; Trethaway not only produced a wide variety of wick lamps in tin, brass, copper and mixed metal combinations but also produced lamps under the labels of UMWA, Richards, Tracy Wells, L.C.N. Co., Lennon, P.F. Lennon, Sanner Hardware Co., O'Keefe Patent, Alex E. Hunt and Bluefield Hardware; in 1918, a fire destroyed the firm's building and stock and Trethaway Bros. closed its business; see Johnson, Mining Artifact Collector #12, pp 30-32)

Trethaway O'Keefe | TRETHAWAY BROS. O'KEEFE PATENT - Driver’s lamp with brass collar, stamped TRETHAWAY BROS., PARSONS, PA O’KEEFE PATENT JULY 21, 96 on side of lamp, reinforced spout and disc boot kick, marked with pasted on W140 on bottom, 1 1/2 in. base dia, 2 5/8 in. tall to lid, 4 in. spout; ex-Tony Moon collection (The Trethaway Bros. of Parsons, PA produced more varieties of wick lamps than any other manufacturer; in 1894, Richard Trethaway formed a partnership with his brothers William, Joseph, John and Charles to manufacture tin and metalware products including wick lamps; Richard served as president of the firm located in Parsons which in 1927 was absorbed by the city of Wilkes-Barre; the firm grew steadily and by 1912, employed nearly 500 employees; Trethaway not only produced a wide variety of wick lamps in tin, brass, copper and mixed metal combinations but also produced lamps under the labels of UMWA, Richards, Tracy Wells, L.C.N. Co., Lennon, P.F. Lennon, Sanner Hardware Co., O'Keefe Patent, Alex E. Hunt and Bluefield Hardware; in 1918, a fire destroyed the firm's building and stock and Trethaway Bros. closed its business; see Johnson, Mining Artifact Collector #12, pp 30-32)

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