. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 51.—Nickel torch with nipple over tlie burner, 1888. (Smitlisonian photo 49g26-E.) Figure 52.—Brass torch for cap, li (Smithsonian photo 49927-6.) Figures 53 through 59: 53.—Cap showing the nickel torch, 1888, as it appears in a sales catalog. 54.—Nickel-plated helmet and torch, 1888, as it appears in a sales catalog. 55.—Helmet flash torch, circa 1888, as it appears in a sales catalog. 56.—Torchlight pin, 1888. (Smithsonian photo 63323.) 57.—Campaign torch, 1888, as shown in patent 18585, issued September 4, 1888. 58.—"Tip-.\-ca
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 51.—Nickel torch with nipple over tlie burner, 1888. (Smitlisonian photo 49g26-E.) Figure 52.—Brass torch for cap, li (Smithsonian photo 49927-6.) Figures 53 through 59: 53.—Cap showing the nickel torch, 1888, as it appears in a sales catalog. 54.—Nickel-plated helmet and torch, 1888, as it appears in a sales catalog. 55.—Helmet flash torch, circa 1888, as it appears in a sales catalog. 56.—Torchlight pin, 1888. (Smithsonian photo 63323.) 57.—Campaign torch, 1888, as shown in patent 18585, issued September 4, 1888. 58.—"Tip-.\-canoe" torch, 1888, as shown in patent 18669, issued October 2, 1888. 59.—Metal torch, 1888, as shown in patent 391669, issued October 23, 1888. HELMET FLASH TORCH, CIRC.\ I 888 Figure 55 No example found. A unique device was also patented whereby a torch was to the crown of the helmet and a rubber tube passed from the torch as a chin strap and into the mouth. By blowing into this tube, the parader could produce a large flash, thus this device became known as the "helmet flash ; There were many varieties of flash torches and they were very spectac- ular in political parades. TORCHLIGHT PIN, 1888 Figure 56 USNM (Political History Collections) By 1888 the torchlight had become such an integral part of political campaigning that stickpins bearing a miniature torchlight were being sold by Robert Sneider, manufacturer of campaign badges in New York. Plated in gold or silver, these badges were exact reproductions of the single swivel-type torch with the pole forming a stickpin. The wick is made of red, white and blue cotton. The overall length is 3% inches. Just how many of these pins have survived is not known. The pin illustrated is gold plated. C.'iiMPAIGN TORCH, 1888 Figure 57 No example found. This torch in the shape of a human liust, another of the suggestive types of this period, was patented by Oliver Carmelia of Ottawa, Illinois.
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