Vintage Gas Lamp
By Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
Philippines
October 25, 2019 12:21am CST
I think some of us still have this kind of lamp. Using theoil or gas to ignite the light. I have gas lamp in the house but different kind.
I remember, 30 years ago or more, an improvised gas lamp is what we use at night. We buy kerosene in the store and the little light is enough to lighten the house when we eat and the put it off when we need to sleep.
So different now that we have incandescent, fluorescent and LED lights in our house. Brighter and cleaner. This thing are just part of our history and will just be displayed in the vintage collections.
Unless, of course, when blackout occur.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
25 Oct 19
I'm one of those who still have several antique gas lamps even if we already have solar for emergencies, they are very beautiful, this one I think is from the 1800s or 1900s turn of the century
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Oct 19
oh wow, that is beautiful gas lamp, I think we should keep this not only for our collections but for our emergencies. This thing still works.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
26 Oct 19
@ilocosboy I have another one, I think it's even older cause I saw a similar piece in Jose Rizal's house in Calamba ,Laguna. This one is a ceiling hanging type.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Oct 19
Ay wow that's really cool. I see you have collections of lamps. Really nice.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
25 Oct 19
We also had a kerosene lamp when I was a boy. I wonder who got those vintage items from our ancestral home.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Oct 19
Oh my, you should have keep them, it is a collection.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
26 Oct 19
@ilocosboy we also had a Singer sewing machine and some other items that I know has a value. Maybe my sister got them all.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Oct 19
Oh, we also have two vintage sewing machine in the house, and we have also many baul or vintage wooden box, even our home is a old house he eh.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Oct 19
Yes, gas and oil lamps are not hard to revive, they can be fix easily.
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@just4him (306703)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Oct 19
I have twenty oil lamps. I love to collect them. Yes, they come in handy in a power outage.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Oct 19
its nice, its good you have this collections, I have only three but I think of adding more, I thought of going to junk shops where some vintage and old things can be found.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Oct 19
Oh wow, you have them as collections. I have 3 only.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Oct 19
We have the same childhood experience, those where a great memories.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Oct 19
I will try to picture mine and post it here later.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
26 Oct 19
And the only way we can lighten the night during those olden days.
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