Miner’s Safety Lamp with Cutaway
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is a safety lamp manufactured by the Wolf Safety Lamp Company of America in 1916. The cutaway shows the details of one of the most popular Wolf designs, employing a glass enclosure, double wire gauze on the top-interior, and a metal bonnet exterior to protect the flame. The cutaway also reveals the cotton that would be soaked with oil to provide fuel to the wick to light the flame.
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: Natural Resources
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Wolf Safety Lamp Company of America, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-7760
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-7760
label: accession number
content: 235037
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, safety, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp, cutaway
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 36.195 cm x 9.525 cm x 8.89 cm