As indicated by the caption, this image shows candles and kerosene lamps in the Mackay mansion library as it appeared in 1902.
The caption accompanying this photograph reads as follows:
Was it nostalgia that caused candles and kerosene lamps to be used in Harbor Hill's first library?
There are five other photographs of the Mackay mansion library that have been placed here in the Library,the first of which can be seen here, the second of which can be seen here, the third one can be seen here, and the fourth one can be seen here, and the fifth one can be seen here.
See Harbor Hill, Clarence Hungerford Mackay's Mansion.
