Edison keyless Johnson Bevel-Ring lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: 1881
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Edison "Johnson bevel-ring" keyless lamp socket, 1881. Brass inner screw shell with wooden outer shell, threaded connector. Two cloth-insulated lead wires emerge from the base. The bevel ring contact is missing. Original specimens as installed in the primary establishment of Hinds, Ketcham & Co., New York, in January, 1881.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Joseph E. Hinds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.180934.04
label: catalog number
content: 180934.04
label: accession number
content: 24315
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lamp Socket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 2 in; 5.715 cm x 5.08 cm