Odd Pipe Fitting Makes Up This Wiggly Lamp-Post. The modernistic trendin lighting equipment may be the reason for this unusual lamp-post which is made of odd pipe joints and fittings. Nevertheless, this wiggly lamppost has caused many a person hesitate and look again to make sure that it was really a lamp and not an optical illusion. The lamp adorns the front entrance of a plumbing supply building.

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Title:
Odd Pipe Fitting Makes Up This Wiggly Lamp-Post. The modernistic trendin lighting equipment may be the reason for this unusual lamp-post which is made of odd pipe joints and fittings. Nevertheless, this wiggly lamppost has caused many a person hesitate and look again to make sure that it was really a lamp and not an optical illusion. The lamp adorns the front entrance of a plumbing supply building.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Lamp Posts
Photographer:
Wide World Photos, Inc.
Name on Item:
Wide World Photos
Date:
[ca. November 1930]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Lampposts
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 258 x 205 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3t949102j
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Photo shows the wiggly lamp post with two puzzled onlookers L to R: Ann Kane and Frank Lotterhose.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001396_0004
Barcode:
39999088103591