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This kerosene lamp (scroll down to see the photo) belonged to my great grandmother, Myrtle Ray Romer. I don't know any details about this lamp, but in 1925 only half of the homes in the U.S. had electric power. Most Americans still lit their homes with gas light and candles for fifty years after Edison helped form the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York in 1882.
Myrtle was born on February 9, 1895, in Bay City, Michigan, her father, William Frederick Romer, was 30, and her mother, Myra Marie Josephine Peters, was 23. She married Miles Henry Murphey on August 28, 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They had one child, Virginia Earl Murphey. Myrtle died on April 18, 1983, in Lexington, South Carolina, at the age of 88, and was buried in Kissimmee, Florida.
According to https://www.baycitymi.org/297/History
Electric street lights were available in Bay City when my grandmother was born. Bay City Gas Light Company began in 1868 when the street oil lamps were replaced with gas lamps. Electric lights replaced the gas lamps in 1882. There was a 24,000 candle powered light mounted on top of a 220 foot tower on Center Street near the courthouse. This light was a beacon for ships on the lake. It was visible for a distance of 40 miles. Bay City was the first city in Michigan to adopt electricity for general street lighting purposes and the second city in the nation to have electric street cars. By 1923 buses replaced the street cars.