Edison Wooden-Mogul Keyless Lamp Socket
date: label: date made
content: 1880
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Edison wooden-mogul keyless socket, 1880. A wooden outer shell with brass inner screw shell. No extant maker's markings. Original specimen as installed in the primary establishment of Hinds, Ketcham & Co., New York, in January, 1881.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
label: Exhibition
content: Lighting a Revolution
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Joseph E. Hinds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.180932.02
label: catalog number
content: 180932.02
label: accession number
content: 24315
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lamp Socket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 5.08 cm x 6.985 cm x 6.0325 cm