lightning rod with glass globe and weather vane
date: label: date made
content: ca 1895
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Lightning rod with glass globe and weather vane, no glass in vane, 9-point star on top, 2 ceramic ring insulators. "R.[or B?] H. B.[?] & Co. No. 73" molded on insulator, "Cole Bros Pat. Dec. 12-1893" on globe mounting rings, "B F R C" stamped at base of tip. Cole Bros. Lightning Rod Company of Greensville, Indiana was established in 1849. Patent refers to US 510837, "Lightning Rod Ornament," issued to John J. Cole of St. Louis, 12 December 1893.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Nance L. Briscoe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.3085.05
label: nonaccession number
content: 2014.3085
label: catalog number
content: 2014.3085.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lightning rod
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 67 in x 24 in x 16 in; 170.18 cm x 60.96 cm x 40.64 cm