antique miners cap Patented Lamp holder Double Safety Guards Forehead

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Description (Brief) This canvas miner’s cap has a leather brim, with a leather and metal lamp bracket attached to the front. The lamp bracket could have held either an oil-wick lamp or a carbide lamp. The leather part of the bracket is stamped with the text “PATENTED LAMPHOLDER/”DOUBLE SAFETY”/GUARDS FOREHEAD.” Object Name cap, miner's Measurements overall: 4 in x 8 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 21.59 cm x 29.21 cm subject Work Natural Resources Industry & Manufacturing Mining Helmets See more items in Work and Industry: Mining Mining Helmets Data Source National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center A miner’s light was essential to their labor. Without light there was no sight, no work, and no wages. But this essential light was also lethal. Open flames could ignite the inflammable gas especially prevalent in coal mines and mining explosions with hundreds of casualties was a common occurrence in the late 19 th and early 20 th century. Miners often carried open flames into the mines in the form of candles and hanging lamps, and later wore the open flames of carbide lamps and oil-wick lamps on their caps and helmets. Before 1850, miners would use candles or small lamps that were hung from crevices or hammered into timbers near their work. From 1850 until around 1915, miner’s headgear generally consisted of cloth read more
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