This handmade lantern was passed down through the family. Elizabeth Dumar Stanley, one of the owners of this heirloom, was born in Keene Valley, NY on March 8, 1886 and died in Mechanicville, NY on April 10, 1945. The lantern was passed on to Elizabeth's daughter, Valeita Stanley Wiley, in 1945. Valeita's daughter, Mildred Wiley Moore, was the next to inherit the lamp in 1972. It was given to Mildred's daughter, Patricia Moore Jacques, in the 1980s.