Lewis Latimer Patent Drawing
date: label: Date made
content: 1880-07-25
name: label: maker
content: Latimer, Lewis H.
notes: label: Description
content: Electricity pioneer Lewis Latimer drew this component of an arc lamp, an early type of electric light, for the U.S. Electric Lighting Company in 1880.
label: Description
content: The son of escaped slaves and a Civil War veteran at age sixteen, Latimer trained himself as a draftsman. His technical and artistic skills earned him jobs with Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison, among others. An inventor in his own right, Latimer received numerous patents and was a renowned industry expert on incandescent lighting.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: National Treasures exhibit
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0458.21
label: accession number
content: 1983.0458
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0458.21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 12 1/2 in x 1/16 in; 18.415 cm x 31.75 cm x .0795 cm