Miner's Carbide Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This lamp was made by the Dewar Manufacturing Co. of Brooklyn, New York, who produced carbide mining lamps from around 1914 until the late 1930’s. Dewar was well known for its “I-T-P” (It’s Trouble Proof), Sun Ray, and Dew-R-Lite lamp brands. This lamp incorporated Dewar's patented float-feed water delivery system, a staple of the I-T-P line.
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: Mary R. Wheat
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8147
label: accession number
content: 239148
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8147
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, cap, carbide
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 in; 10.795 cm x 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm