Cable connecting tube, welding equipment
notes: label: Description
content: This cable connecting tool is a piece of welding equipment that works to fit welding cables or welding accessories together. One piece is metal with wooden or plastic handles and can open and close. There is also a rectangular piece at one end hollowed to a cone shape that also opens and closes. At one end there is a hinged side to lift and close. It is rusted and worn from use.
label: Description
content: This object was gifted by Larry L. Culp from the Culp Welding & Machine Company. Culp was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up primarily in the nearby Maryland suburb of Rockville. His grandfather founded the Culp Welding Company, a small welding business that his father then took over. Culp Welding stayed in steady business for decades, rarely employing more than a dozen workers at one time. Larry Culp sometimes helped on the shop floor, where he observed his grandfather and father run the business. Informed by these experiences and values, Culp became Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of General Electric Company, an American multinational conglomerate, on October 1, 2018.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Larry L. Culp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.3119.39
label: nonaccession number
content: 1994.3119
label: catalog number
content: 1994.3119.39
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cable Connecting Tube, Welding Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 7/8 in x 10 in x 4 1/2 in; 12.3825 cm x 25.4 cm x 11.43 cm