Other Carbide Items/W V & B Flask

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W V & B Flask.JPG - W V & B COPPER FLASK - Unusual miners carbide pocket flask, 4 in. tall, top portion and lid made of brass and bottom portion made of copper, lid marked with imprint W V & B label (the marking stands for W V & B and the flask was manufactured in the very early 1900s by W V & B Metalcraft of New York which is thought to be the letters of William Vogel & Brothers. It is thought that the very early Baldwin lamps were actually manufactured by W V & B for Baldwin. It appears to be a carbide flask, an early accessory for the Baldwin lamps perhaps. See MAC issue #3, pp 4-5 and Thorpe’s book p 22)

W V & B Flask | W V & B COPPER FLASK - Unusual miners carbide pocket flask, 4 in. tall, top portion and lid made of brass and bottom portion made of copper, lid marked with imprint W V & B label (the marking stands for W V & B and the flask was manufactured in the very early 1900s by W V & B Metalcraft of New York which is thought to be the letters of William Vogel & Brothers. It is thought that the very early Baldwin lamps were actually manufactured by W V & B for Baldwin. It appears to be a carbide flask, an early accessory for the Baldwin lamps perhaps. See MAC issue #3, pp 4-5 and Thorpe’s book p 22)

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