Miner's Carbide Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is an Auto-Lite Carbide Mining Lamp, produced by the Universal Lamp Company of Chicago, Illinois, around 1920. This brand was among the most popular and dependable mining lamps of the early 20th century. After acquiring Shanklin Mfg. Co. and its "Guy's Dropper" brand, the Universal Lamp Company produced two of the three largest lighting brands to survive past World War II.
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: Mary Calloway in memory of Ira Calloway
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MI-1071
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MI-1071
label: accession number
content: 310657
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, cap, carbide
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 4 in x 3 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 10.16 cm x 8.89 cm