Miner's Electric Cap Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Manufactured in 1915, this Edison Electric Cap Lamp was an early cap lamp models. The Model "C" battery is larger than later designs, and the cord is protected at both ends by a flexible steel cover. The battery could power the six-candlepower lamp for 12 hours and was recharged at the end of a miner’s shift.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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content: Mining Lamps
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8039
label: accession number
content: 236603
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, cap, miner's
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp