Miner’s Frog Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This lamp was made by an unknown maker around middle of the 19th century. This hanging lamp is known as a frog lamp, possibly because of its resemblance to the amphibian. These lamps improved upon the open hanging lamps by allowing for larger fonts and less spilling of fuel. The chain could also swivel, allowing the miner to easily point his flame in the desired direction.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Georgia Stratton Ziffzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MT-3370
label: accession number
content: 239748
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MT-3370
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, miner's
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 4 in x 3 in; 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm x 7.62 cm