Wheat Lamp Plug Cover Model
notes: label: Description
content: This is a wooden plug-cover model that was used by inventor Grant Wheat. The filler plug model went with Grant Wheat’s first “Model A” battery powered cap lamp that he developed from 1910 until 1916. The model belonged to Grant Wheat’s personal collection that was donated to the museum in 1962.
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: Grant Wheat Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mary R. Wheat
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8197A
label: accession number
content: 239148
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8197A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plug cover, filler
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 5 5/16 in x 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 13.462 cm x 1.905 cm