Perkins keyed lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1881
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Perkins keyed socket for an incandescent lamp, c 1881. Brass and plastic shell, threaded post connector, key missing. Contact wire emerges from one side of the shell. 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 Collectionfrom IBM
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.320747.02
label: catalog number
content: 320747.02
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lamp Socket
label: Object Name
content: Socket with Switch
label: Other Terms
content: Socket with Switch; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: celluloid? (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: socket with switch: 7.2 cm x 3.2 cm; 2 13/16 in x 1 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 1 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 7.62 cm x 3.4925 cm x 4.1275 cm