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Early Twentieth-Century Lamp Makers

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Kerosene lamps became popular after the start of the modern petroleum industry in the middle of the nineteenth century. The lamps of the 1890s used round wicks with air supplied to the flame through a central tube. In 1905 a German kerosene lamp was made with a mantle that fit over the burner to give a better light. Victor Johnson of Kansas City, Missouri, saw the German lamp and started a company in Chicago to make and sell this type of lamp.

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