Latimer keyed lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1882
name: label: maker
content: Latimer, Lewis H.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Wooden shell, keyed lamp socket, ca 1880, attributed to Lewis H. Latimer. No extant marks. Two copper conductors emerge from shell housing, one on either side. Appears to be a mock-up for a 2-pin socket without threads, probably made during Latimer's time with Charles Perkins' company in the early 1880s. The design appears similar to several drawings Latimer made during that period.
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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 International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.320740.02
label: catalog number
content: 320740.02
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lamp Socket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 2 in; 5.715 cm x 3.175 cm x 5.08 cm