



Figure 83. — Sheep campaign torch illustrated 

 on a souvenir photograph, 1896. Original 

 photograph is in the private collection of 

 Grace D. Williams, Akron, Ohio. 



SUPPORTING FRAME FOR TORCH, Figure S2 



1896 

 No example found. 



The supporting frame illustrated in this figure was 

 patented in 1896 by Octavia Frasher of Pittsburgh, 

 Pennsylvania. The feature of this patent was that the 

 entire frame could be made of one single piece of wire 

 and could slide over the end of the carr\^ing pole. 



SHEEP CAMPAIGN TORCH, 1 896 Figure 83 



No example found. 



This unusual torch was made to resemble a sheep 

 and suggested the wool issue of 1896. The size of 

 the torch was 6 by 9 inches and the burner was 

 located in the top of the sheep's head. Application 

 was made for a patent on this device, and a photo- 

 graph of it was distributed by Schmid photographers, 

 716 Broadway, Buffalo, New York. The original 

 photograph from which this illustration was made is 

 in the private collection of Mrs. Grace D. Williams 

 of Akron, Ohio. 



COMBINED LANTERN Figure 84 



.\ND TORCH, 1897 

 No example found. 



This combined lantern and torch, similar to those 

 patented by Walter C. Beckwith in 1888, was patented 



Figure 84. — Combined lantern and torch, 

 1897, as shown in patent 585756, Issued 

 July 6, 1897. 



by Nelson M. Hinman and John F. Hertzler of Law- 

 rence, Kansas, in 1897.'^ The model was designed 

 so that it could be carried either by a handle or with 

 a pole support. Lanterns similar to these were used on 

 the McKinley front porch during the campaign of 

 1896, as illustrated in figure 87. 



LANTERN, 1 894 Figure 85 



USNM (Political History Collections) 



This lightweight candle lantern was patented 

 November 27, 1894, and was manufactured by R. 

 Givens, Corpus Christi, Texas. A wire bar is forced 

 down onto the top of the glass chimney by two springs. 

 The lantern is very simply constructed and may have 



" .^s originally submitted, the patent request was rejected on 

 many grounds. In the first place, it interfered with earlier 

 lanterns patented by Seys (patent 532400 issued January 8. 

 1895, and patent 544833 issued .August 20, 1895), by Jarmin 

 (patent 530049 issued November 27, 1894), and Beidler 

 (patent 195744 issued October 2, 1877). Also, the patent offi- 

 cials could see no relation between the torch as such and the 

 lantern and, therefore, objected to the designation "combined 

 torch and lantern." Beidler's invention had proven that there 

 was no invention in making the spring coils integral with the 

 side arms or arranging them above the globe. Seys' invention 

 had proven that there was nothing new in hanging the lantern 

 in a common torch handle. This was also shown by a patent 

 granted to Seavey and Lauback (patent 365706 issued June 

 28, 1887) 



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