Wirt "Dim-A-Lite" pull-cord dimming socket adapter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Wirt "Dim-A-Lite" lamp socket, c 1909. 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. Tassels and most of the strings are missing. Shell stamped: "Wirt E.S.Co. Phila. Dim.A.Lite Pat. Nov.24-08".
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.241402.157
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 241402.157
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socket with Dimmer
label: Object Name
content: lamp dimmer
label: Other Terms
content: Socket with Dimmer; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: socket with dimmer: 2 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 3/4 in; 6.35 cm x 5.08 cm x 4.445 cm