Imperial keyed lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1884
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Keyed socket and shade holder for a Thomson-Houston based incandescent lamp. Brass Thomson-Houston socket with brass shell and shade holder, wooded insulator, wooden post connector on base. Hard rubber key. Stamped on shell: "Imperial / Electric / Light Co. / Perkins / Pat'd / Oct. 23, 1883 / Dec. 18, 1883".
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 Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.241402.110
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 241402.110
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socket with Switch
label: Object Name
content: lamp socket
label: Other Terms
content: Socket with Switch; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 3 3/4 in x 4 in; 12.7 cm x 9.525 cm x 10.16 cm