Bergmann medium-screw base lamp socket with handle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1885
name: label: maker
content: Bergmann & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A keyed socket for a medium-screw based lamp, with brass shell, plastic shell insulator, fiber board contact insulator, fluted key, threaded post-connector. A wooden handle or frictional post mounting is attached to the threaded connector with a brass plate. No extant maker's markings. A hold in the side of the mount allows for passage of the lead wires.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.320498
label: catalog number
content: 320498
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: 6 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in; 16.8275 cm x 3.81 cm x 5.3975 cm