Insulite - Westinghouse keyed lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Insulite keyed socket for Westinghouse based lamp. Brass shell with brass leaves to hold the lamp, plastic contact insulator, brass key, threaded post connector Cloth-insulated wire stubs inside connector. Marked: "Insulite.Mf.g'Co.N.Y. / Pat.Appl'd for".
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.320748.01
label: catalog number
content: 320748.01
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lamp Socket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 6.35 cm x 3.4925 cm x 4.7625 cm