GE "acorn" post mounted keyless lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A post mounted keyless socket for a medium-screw based lamp. Brass "acorn type" shell, plastic retaining ring, red fiber board contact insulator. 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.241402.097
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 241402.097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socket
label: Object Name
content: lamp socket
label: Other Terms
content: Socket; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: socket: 1 7/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 4.7625 cm x 4.445 cm