Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten rectangular paper label with a metal eyelet tied to the Strike A Lights with a brown string reading in black ink: '1901.172 Strike-a-lights. Cambridge. J. E. Foster. MA 1901'.
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Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten rectangular paper label adhered on one of the Strike A Lights reading in black ink: 'Strike a light', adding in blue ink: 'Cambridge' and in pencil: 'J. E. Foster'.
Event Date
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung

Description (Physical description)
Metal; Iron Strike A Light
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Thirteen horse-shoe shaped strike a lights (unused).'
Event Date 1901
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Twelve almost identical Strike-A-Lights of iron with sub-rectangular striking plates and a recurved handle, rectangular in section, tapering towards the spiral terminal. The striking plate piece has a rectangular cross-section, a slightly concave inner edge, and an upward facing end. On one side of the striking plate is concave lettering embossed, probably the name of the manufacturer, now illegible.
Event Date 11/12/2023
Author: Jan-Henrik Hartung