Adams & Westlake 1890 Oil Hurricane Lamp Railroad Advertising Photo Rare Antique 666 Scan isn't great

Scan isn't great

Richard Beard (1801 - 1885) was more entrepreneur than photographer

Johnson whose studio was in Crown Point

He died in Oregon in 1896

Those vertical lines in the background are faint - they appear to be seams in the backdrop fabric behind the men

Adams & Westlake 1890 Oil Hurricane Lamp Railroad Advertising Photo Rare Antique 666 Scan isn't greatThis is an original circa 1890 advertisement photographic print showing a woman posing with Adams & Westlake Pinafore Oil & Gasoline cans and lantern. This is an original, late 1880s to circa 1890 advertisement, and is not new, and not a modern reprint. It was probably removed from one of their annual railroad lighting catalogs. It is on medium thickness catalog paper (not mounted like a cabinet card) with blank, clean back. Dimensions are