Perkins keyed lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1881
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Perkins keyed socket for an incandescent lamp. A plastic shell with brass contacts and plastic key. Threaded post connector on bottom. 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.320766
label: catalog number
content: 320766
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socket Switch
label: Object Name
content: lamp socket
label: Other Terms
content: Socket Switch; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 4.445 cm x 3.4925 cm x 5.3975 cm