Saturday, I found myself in Evanston, Illinois near Northwestern University. This display is found in the Progress Gallery at 824 Noyes Street. It is quite a nice display of flashlights as well as the Gallery displays prints of artist Robert Reddy,who was trained as a painter and has been working in the digital realm for 19 years. Some of the flashlights on the wall date from the late 1890's. I was just amazed. The art work was awesome as well but I did not take a picture of them.
I never would have thought to make a collection of flashlights. I can say that when Patty and I got married about 52 1/2 years ago there was little or no air conditioning anywhere, so one of the things we needed was an electric fan which we still have. All metal with a cast iron base. And it rotated and is a desk fan. My daughter wants it in the worst way after we are dead. LOL. She is starting a collection of fans.
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Abraham Lincoln in Brookville, Ohio
I think its safe to say I have never seen a collection of flash lights! This is really unusual :)
ReplyDeleteHow intriguing and interesting. Torches from that far back must be fascinating.
ReplyDeleteI looked up the artist but then got confused cos there is a Robert Reddy who is a tattoo artist with a website - brilliant art work on bodies! So I don't think it's him from what you say. Amazing what you find when yu do a search!
(mine is called useless information, Neva!) Lovely photo by the way.
interesting Neva,
ReplyDeletethose flaslights are all for camara's? Looks like a museum to me...I hope you have had a good easterweekend we are just back from our holiday, so watch and see how mine was...
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How unusual. I would never have thought of a flashlight collection! I also never thought about them being around in the 1890's!!
ReplyDeleteInteresting collection. I would think J Peterman or Eddie Bauer would replicate these eventually. Everything old is new...that sort of thing.
ReplyDeleteI can always please my grandson by giving him a flashlight in the evening. He's in heaven. Think what he'd want to do if I took him to take gallery.
ReplyDeleteI too, would not think about collecting flashlights. Even so, they hold special memories of childhood for me. I remember every Christmas making sure I had enough money left after buying gifts for mom and dad to get myself new batteries for my flashlight. Spent a good amount of time reading under the covers after I was supposed to be asleep. -:)
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Sometime you hear about a collection and it sounds a bit dull.. but once you force yourself to look at the detales and memories come back and you are soon amazed by it. I have seen some strang collection of stuff so I just know I would have stood there studying these.
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My husband should collect flashlights. He already has a great start, but they are all current styles and functional, a flashlight for every need!
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Kathy b
Great photo, Neva. You never know where your collectibles will end up, lol. LOL @ OldManLincoln. And your glass collection comes to mind, also!
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize there's so many different kinds of flashlights or knew they even had any in the 1890's.
ReplyDeleteSome of those torches look familiar - mmmmmm that dates me doesn't it
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