General Electric surface mount keyed lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: General Electric keyed socket for medium-screw based incandescent lamp. Brass shell with plastic shell insulator, porcelain contact mount, mica insulating sheet in socket, plastic key molded "G.E. Co.", porcelain surface mount base. Cloth insulated wire stubs in bottom of base. Base and covering shell have been cut and broken to allow for wire passage. Stamped on shell: “Gen. Elec. Co. / 50 C.P. 250 Volts". Molded on base: "G.E. Co."
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.241402.084
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 241402.084
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: 2 1/4 in x 2 in x 2 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 5.08 cm x 6.35 cm