'Turnback Tuesday' features wax tapers once used at Derby Public Library

Turnback Tuesday is shining some light on the Columbia Wax Works of N.Y. 
The box pictured of Never Drip Wax Tapers was a common household item at the end of the 19th and early 20th century. 
The Columbia Wax Works boasted selling millions of boxes annually. 
The long nature of this product made it safe and easy to light any number of things. 
One can just imagine head librarians Grace A. Child, Minnie B. Cotter and Emma E. Lessey here at the Derby Public Library making their rounds of lighting the lamps so patrons could read and explore the wonder of books.

Thanks as always to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week!