Miner's Safety Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This is a safety lamp manufactured by the Wolf Safety Lamp Company of America in the early 20th century. This lamp is one of the most popular Wolf designs, employing a glass enclosure, wire gauze on the top-interior, and a metal bonnet exterior to protect the flame. The "permissible" seal engraved on the lamp means the lamp was approved for use by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
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: Board of Trustees of Lafayette College
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8787
label: accession number
content: 265669
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8787
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, safety, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 4 in x 4 in; 38.1 cm x 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm