Swan keyed lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1882
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Swan keyed lamp socket, about 1882. Swan hook & loop base with three bulb retainers, wooden housing, brass base contact with threaded connector, contact key. Lamp is held in place by wire springs. No extant maker's marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.320764.02
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 320764.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lamp Socket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 2.8575 cm x 4.7625 cm