Miner’s Safety Lamp with Cutaway
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is a safety lamp manufactured by the Wolf Safety Lamp Company of America in the early 20th century. The cutaway shows the details of one of the most popular Wolf designs, employing a glass enclosure, double wire gauze on the top-interior, and a metal bonnet exterior to protect the flame. The cutaway also reveals the cotton that would be soaked with oil to provide fuel to the wick to light the flame at the base.
label: Location
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-8801C
label: accession number
content: 265669
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8801C
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, safety, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp (cutaway)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 3 in x 2 1/2 in; 35.56 cm x 7.62 cm x 6.35 cm