USLH round brass box or can with hinged lid. Lamp Shop stamp. Keeper's container measures 3 and 1/8 inches in diameter and 1 inch high. Probably kept in his light house service basket. Lid moves freely and gently snaps shut. Small dings. Tarnished. As found condition. Circa 1900. Ultra rare.
Stamped on the bottom: U.S.L.H. Depot 3. Dist Staten Island, NY Lamp Shop.
$500
United States
Lighthouse Establishment / Service
The United States Lighthouse Establishment was created and operated under the
Department of the Treasury in 1789.
The United States Lighthouse Service was abolished and merged into the United States Coast Guard in 1939.
Sgt. Manning's Militaria
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Wight N. Manning
Collector and Reenactor for Over 40
Years
Field Gear - Weapons - Uniforms - Personal Gear
Original Items Available From
French & Indian Wars - Revolutionary War
Civil War - Spanish American War
World War I - World War II
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