Weston keyed lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1885
name: label: maker
content: Weston Electric Light Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Weston US-based keyed socket, c 1885. Brass shell, threaded post connector with set-screw, plastic key. Shell top and bottom held together with 3 screws. Marked: "Weston System / Patented May 6-84 / AP. 21-85 Jun. 15-85".
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.320496
label: catalog number
content: 320496
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lamp Socket
label: Object Name
content: lamp socket
label: Object Name
content: Socket with Switch
label: Other Terms
content: Socket with Switch; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: celluloid? (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: socket with switch: 6.9 cm x 5.7 cm; 2 11/16 in x 2 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 3.175 cm x 5.715 cm