Hunt keyed lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1891
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Hunt keyed socket for Thomson-Houston based incandescent lamp, ca 1891. Brass shell with ceramic contact insulator, brass key with “ram’s head” style inlay, threaded post connector. Stamped: "Hunt Eng. Co. / Pat.Dec.9.90".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.320758
label: catalog number
content: 320758
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socket with Switch
label: Object Name
content: lamp socket
label: Other Terms
content: Socket with Switch; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in x 2 in; 6.35 cm x 3.175 cm x 5.08 cm