Wirt "Dim-A-Lite" pull-cord dimming socket adapter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1908
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Wirt "Dim-A-Lite" lamp socket adapter, c1909. Black coated steel shell with brass medium-screw socket and porcelain insulator. Bolted contact, mica insulator inside. Slide mechanism external with two pull chains wrapped around back of shell, central support is a hex-head bolt and may not be original. Larger and heavier than other Dim-A-Lites. Shell stamped: "Charles Wirt & CO - Phila.- Patented - Dim-A-Lite". Attached to Phelps "Hylo Skedoodle" plug, catalog no. 320,744.02.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.320744.01
label: catalog number
content: 320744.01
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp dimmer
label: Object Name
content: lamp socket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: porcelain (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 in x 2 in; 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm