Street Lamp (Bing 10-629)

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Exhibit

Street Lamp (Bing 10-629)

Lamp-post, Bing 10-629 (BingCatFr 1925).jpg (i)
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location:
Arch Three , Area 30
Classic Locomotives (display)
Shelf 5


An ornate dark blue model railway Street Lamp-post made by Bing, that appears in the 1926 catalogue as item number 10/629.

The wider, lower part of the lamp post carries an embossed Bing "diamond" logo

Variations on the lamp were made that had a wick and burnt oil, or that were electric.

References

  • Claude Jeanmaire, Bing, Grand-dad's Model Railway 1866 to 1933 (Verlag Eisenbahn, 1972) ISBN 3856490175 – page 248 (1926)