Benjamin toggle-switch lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1913
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Benjamin toggle-switch socket for incandescent lamp. Brass medium-screw socket with ceramic base, plastic side-mounted toggle switch, side-mounted threaded connector. Paper insulator. Marked: "Pat'd { 2-6-00 4-23-12 Benjamin 250W. 250V." Benjamin Electric Co.
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.320753
label: catalog number
content: 320753
label: accession number
content: 241402
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 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 4.1275 cm x 5.715 cm