early electric light switch
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Yellow pine base, mechanism covered by cast iron cap secured by a flat-head machine screw. Turn key to one side, two binding posts on base. Cap is ornamented with gold-colored filigree. Object is at top of photo 24994C.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Charles H. Newton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.273183
label: catalog number
content: 273183
label: accession number
content: 54383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Switch
label: Object Name
content: electrical switch
label: Other Terms
content: Switch; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 2 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 6.35 cm