Mercury Vapor Sunlamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
name: label: Maker
content: General Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A type RS sunlamp in original package. Lamp produced ultra-violet rays for tanning purposes and did not need a ballast.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Cleveland
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Energy & Power
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content: Electric Lamps
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the Mt. Vernon Museum of Incandescent Lighting, thru Hugh F. Hicks
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0387.24
label: accession number
content: 1997.0387
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0387.24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: discharge lamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mercury (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: lamp: 7 in x 5 in; 17.78 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: package: 7 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in; 18.0975 cm x 13.0175 cm x 13.0175 cm