We have a Cape Cod lighter in our collections (cataloged in the 70s
as a small pot and a ladle, different numbers) that I am trying to
fit into a Nomenclature category.  Does anyone know about fireplace
lighters like this outside of the New England area?  Is there a different,
more generic name for these kinds of things?  Is it something we should
keep in a collection for eastern Pennsylvania?  I'm the only one on our
staff who even recognized it for what it is -- I grew up with one (New
England transplants to Virginia) -- so I wonder how widespread they were.
 
Thanks!
 
Sara Kelley
Collections Manager, LCHS
 
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Lehigh County Historical Society
PO Box 1548, Allentown, PA 18105
(610) 435-4664
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