Miner’s Carbide Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is a safety lamp manufactured by the Friemann and Wolf Company of Zwickau, Germany around 1910. The Friemann and Wolf Company was a prominent lamp manufacturer that exported their lamps to the U.S. until World War I, when buying German products became unpopular. Worn on a miner's cap, the reflector behind the flame cast a wide range of light, improving the miner’s peripheral vision.
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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content: Mining Lamps
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Board of Trustees of Lafayette College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8773
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8773
label: accession number
content: 265669
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, acetylene, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 10.795 cm x 13.97 cm