Edison General Electric keyed lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1890
label: date made
content: ca 1890
name: label: maker
content: Edison General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Edison General Electric keyed socket for medium-screw based incandescent lamp. Brass shell with plastic shell insulator, porcelain base, mica insulating sheet in socket, plastic key molded "E.G.E. Co.", hexagonal hole in bottom of base. Stamped on shell: “Edison General / Electric Co. / New York, U.S. / Patented / Dec. 27,1881 / May 2.1882 / Oct. 3, 1882 / Feb. 12, 1884 / May 13, 1884 / Jan 20, 1885 / Apr. 15, 1890."
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.241402.106
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 241402.106
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: 2 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 4.1275 cm x 6.35 cm