Pitner Gasoline Lighting Fixture. Drop 30", Span 18". This Fixture has not been electrified. It is in it's original configuration.
The label is wrapped around the down tube. It could not be photographed in one image so what you see above is two photo's stitched together. The label reads:
"The Pitner Lighting System Fixture No. 8 - 564 Patented in the U.S. and foreign countries Pitner Gasoline Lighting Company Chicago, USA Good Salesmen Wanted"
More information on Pitner Gasoline Lighting Co. at : http://homepage.ntlworld.com/munwai/pitner.htm
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