Wirt "Dim-A-Lite" dimmer with Hubbell power tap socket adapter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: maker
content: Hubbell, Grier Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Charles E. Wirt Co. "Dim-A-Lite" incandescent lamp dimmer attached to a Hubbell pull-chain socket adapter with power tap and shade holder. The Wirt dimmer is stamped: "Wirt Company / Phila.-Penna. / Made in U.S.A. / Dim-A-Lite / 60W-120V / Patented / Other Patents Pending". Brass housing with ceramic insulator and resistor coil. Braided cord pull-thru action. Cords have black and gold bell finials to differentiate direction of light adjustment. Housing split at stamping. Hubbell socket adapter is stamped: "250W [Hubbell logo] 250V", molded on tap: "Hubbell / 660W.250V". Cardboard insulator is deteriorating. Shade holder stamped: "UNO / Dec. 24, 1[?]". Brass housing with bakelite insulator and tap, bead chain pull cord with a length of cord attached. Brass lamp shade holder.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Joseph A. Haller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0874.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0874
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0874.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp socket
label: Object Name
content: lamp dimmer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: dimmer only: 3 in x 2 in; 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: adapter only: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 6.35 cm