Benjamin keyless wall socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1908
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Benjamin Electric Co. A surface-mounted, keyless lamp socket with wooden base, brass shell, plastic insulating ring. Handwritten on bottom: "H.V.A. Parsell Apr, 21 - 09", "188", and "24-7 Falls[?]". Unit includes a right-angle adapter for wall-mount application. Adapter has a brass shell, ceramic insulator, and plastic grip-ring. Stamped on top: "Benjamin Patd - May 17,-'04 - May 7,-'07 / D'Olier Patd.- Aug.2,-'04 - Feb.28,-'05 / 660W-250V."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.320493
label: catalog number
content: 320493
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socket
label: Object Name
content: lamp socket
label: Other Terms
content: Socket; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 10.795 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: base only: 1 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: adapter only: 3 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 in; 7.62 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.08 cm