Sharing it here at the Museum of Everything (and you see we do mean everything) accomplishes many purposes.
1) An exhibit of a 2000 ad from the Cape Cod Travel Guide Spring/Summer 2000 issue
2) An exhibit of a business that is on, or used to be on, Cape Cod.
S. Wilder and Co./Cape Cod Lanterns is still in business, and and their webiste is:
http://www.capecodlanterns.com/
A bit of the text from their website. I don't reproduct the links - to see those it's best to go to this website via your computer, as there's video to watch, etc.
Welcome to our online showroom!
See Craig at Work
Here you will find a wide variety of handcrafted lighting including wall lanterns, post lanterns, hanging lights, sconces, landscape lights, and chandeliers, as well as solid western red cedar lampposts.
Our lighting is handcrafted in solid brass or solid copper with a choice of finishes – raw brass, antique brass, dark antique brass, dark brass, raw copper, antique copper, dark copper, and verdigris. We also have many glass options which include clear glass, optic glass, clear seedy glass, and seedy marine glass.
Cape Cod Lanterns™, also known as S. Wilder & Co., is located in North Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod, and is one of the oldest continuously operating businesses in the Commonwealth. S. Wilder & Co. has been in business since 1836, and reproduces authentic lantern designs. Our lanterns are made by hand just as the original lighting was, and may be customized to suit individual tastes or needs. See what people are saying about Cape Cod Lanterns™!
