Early Electric Wheat Cap Lamp
notes: label: Description
content: This is an early version of Grant Wheat’s electric cap lamp. The lamp consists of a black battery box with a cord to the cap lamp. The point where the wire enters the battery and the cap lamp is protected by circular metal spring-like rings. The black battery pack has a clip so it can be worn on the miner’s belt. This lamp belonged to Grant Wheat’s personal collection that was donated to the museum in 1962.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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content: Mining Lamps
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Grant Wheat Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mary R. Wheat
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8151
label: accession number
content: 239148
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8151
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, electric, cap, mining
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: battery: 5 13/16 in x 4 13/16 in x 2 13/16 in; 14.732 cm x 12.192 cm x 7.112 cm
label: Measurements
content: wire: 39 in; 99.06 cm
label: Measurements
content: light: 3 5/16 in x 3 5/16 in x 5 5/8 in; 8.382 cm x 8.382 cm x 14.224 cm