Brass penlight-style pocket flashlight
date: label: Date made
content: c1935
label: date made
content: ca 1935
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Metal cylindrical housing with switch on top, pocket clip on side, removable lamp assembly on bottom. Top switch is spring-loaded -- to activate the switch one depresses the switch post and catches the post under the lip of the housing. Lamp assembly contains a 2.3 volt lamp, a retaining sleeve and a cap. The lamp is a miniature screw base unit with C6 tungsten filament and G-shape glass envelope (with built-in optical lens). Cap screws onto front of lamp housing.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Harold D. Wallace, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0030.14
label: accession number
content: 2003.0030
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0030.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: luminaire
label: Object Name
content: flashlight
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 5/8 in x 7/8 in x 5/8 in; 14.2875 cm x 2.2225 cm x 1.5875 cm