Wednesday, January 26, 2011

JUST ARRIVED ORIGINAL VINTAGE GOODRICH LIGHTING WAREHOUSE SHADE/BARN LIGHT

SHOWN ABOVE IS ONE OF TWO MATCHING BARN LIGHTS OFFERED ON MY WEBSITE http://www.vintagebarnlights.comORIGINALLY THE LIGHTING USED FROM 1920 THRU 1960 IN FACTORIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES......THESE WERE RESCUED FROM A FACTORY IN MINNESOTA. ORIGINALLY THEY WERE HUNG VERY CLOSE TO THE CEILING, SO THEY SURVIVED WITH REALLY NO SIGNIFICANT "BATTLE SCARS"....YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS THESE ARE VINTAGE AND BEAUTIFUL BOTH INSIDE AND OUT. THEY HAVE THE ORIGINAL PORCELAIN SOCKETS AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU WILL SEE THE SOCKET " ADJUSTS". THIS WAS A FEATURE OF THE GOODRICH LIGHTING COMPANY AND ALLOWED FOR DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF ILLUMINATION COVERAGE AREA DEPENDING ON WHERE THE SOCKET WAS SET. THE BOTTOM PROFILE OF THE SHADE WAS CALLED A SHALLOW DOME.....IN THIS CASE THE LIGHTBULB MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED. TODAY IT IS THE SAME WAY DEPENDING ON THE LENGTH OF BULB USED. IT IS FITTED WITH A GOOSENECK ARM AND SUITED FOR USE ON BARNS, GARAGES, SHEDS, OR PORCHES. AS WITH ALL OF THE BARN LIGHTS I SELL.....THESE ARE VINTAGE.....ONE OF A KIND......NO LONGER BEING MANUFACTURED TODAY.

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