Antique oil lamp identification can be a bit tricky, considering there are many reproduction antique lamps on the market. The thing is, a genuine antique oil lamp can sometimes be quite valuable ...

I'm Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute reports that by the 1930, more than 90% of rural homes still used kerosene lamps ...

I feel nostalgic as I recall the time I spent studying under oil lamps and lanterns in the 1960s and 70s and how my generation struggled to complete school education in the dim lights of kerosene ...

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