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Restored...to its rightful place in the hallway at the Dodge House, the brass candlier [sic] gleams with reflected light.

At right, the center fixture in the third floor ballroom is described as of excellent quality but poor design. The massive fixture is a combination gas-electric with stained glass center shade. This came from an old home in Lincoln, Neb.

At right is one of the finest Victorian examples and is one of a pair hanging in the parlors. The crystal chandeliers date to about 1870 and were originally purchased by William A. Maurer of Omaha Crockery Co.

At right in the Art Nouveau, or guest bedroom, is this combination fixture of the 1800s. The center portion of the fixture is colored art glass with gas shades pointing upward, electric branches down.

In Daughter's Bedroom...is another fine example of Victorian art. The hanging gas light with vaseline shades on the six arms plus opalescent glass balls worked into the main part of the light.

An Original...with the Dodge House is the ornate lamp mounted on the newel post of the winding staircase. Penny Chatfield, Dodge House curator, looks at the lamp with etched shade and double tier majolica base.

Nursery Fixture...is unusual in that a large bisque cherub tops the ornate brass fixture with metal leaves, the shades are made like petals in glass.

Hanging light fixture in Dodge House; rectangular, stained-glass style fixture hanging from ornate plaster mount