Miner's Carbide Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is an Auto-Lite Carbide Mining Lamp, produced by the Universal Lamp Company. Auto-Lite carbide mining lamps were produced from 1913 through 1960, most following the design Jacob Sherman patented in 1924. This lamp’s design places its manufacture date in the early 1920’s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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content: Mining Lamps
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Theodore R. Hile
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-9234
label: accession number
content: 268055
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-9234
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, carbide, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 2 1/2 in x 4 in; 10.16 cm x 6.35 cm x 10.16 cm