Swan keyless lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1882
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Swan keyless lamp socket with brass shell, about 1882. Swan hook and loop connector in a brass shell. Spring loaded system to allow for installation and removal of lamp. Threaded connectors, 2" wire stub emerges from bottom. No extant maker's marks.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.320763.02
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 320763.02
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 1/4 in x 2 in; 6.35 cm x 3.175 cm x 5.08 cm