Hammer toggle electrical snap switch
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
name: label: maker
content: Hammer, William J.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Porcelain base with brass mechanism and decorative brass cover. Single-throw, single-pole switch. Molded on bottom: "617" and "2". Invented by W. J. Hammer.
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.320538
label: catalog number
content: 320538
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Switch
label: Object Name
content: toggle switch
label: Object Name
content: electrical switch
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 5/8 in; 5.08 cm x 6.6675 cm