![He Has Lighted 924,000 Gas Lamps, Sets 19,500-Mile Mark. Photo shows- Joseph Ciuffreda, 52 yrs. old has darkness into light for twent[y] years. Joe is the oldest lamplighter in Washington, he has lighted 924,000 lamps during his twenty-one years as a lamplighter and has walked more than 19,500 miles. Down the quiet streets he hastens, racing against darkness, pausing but a second at each lamp before hurrying on to the end of his pathway of light.](https://bpldcassets.blob.core.windows.net/derivatives/images/commonwealth:g732hj968/image_access_800.jpg)
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He Has Lighted 924,000 Gas Lamps, Sets 19,500-Mile Mark. Photo shows- Joseph Ciuffreda, 52 yrs. old has darkness into light for twent[y] years. Joe is the oldest lamplighter in Washington, he has lighted 924,000 lamps during his twenty-one years as a lamplighter and has walked more than 19,500 miles. Down the quiet streets he hastens, racing against darkness, pausing but a second at each lamp before hurrying on to the end of his pathway of light.
P. & A. Photo · [ca. August 1927]
[Information from item housing] Lamplighters
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