Con Edison Hard Hat
notes: label: Description
content: This blue, plastic hard hat is labeled “CON EDISON” in white lettering, referring to a gas and electric company. Inside the hat, “MSA” is printed along the inner rim. There is another plastic adjustable rim to fit the wearer’s head, as well as four fabric strips leading to the center of the hat that allow it to be suspended slightly above the head.
label: Description
content: Consolidated Edison Inc., known as “Con Edison” or “Con Ed,” was founded in 1823 as the New York Gas Light company. After Thomas Edison’s invention of the incandescent light bulb, in 1884, New York Gas Light merged with the Manhattan, Metropolitan, Municipal, Knickerbocker, and Harlem gas companies to form Consolidated Gas Company. As more companies were acquired through the early twentieth century, including Edison’s electric company, the conglomerate became Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. Today, Con Edison provides gas and electric services to New York City and Westchester County.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0084.01
label: accession number
content: 1998.0084
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0084.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hard Hat
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.125 x 8.5 x 11.125;