Pieper keyless anti-theft surface-mounted socket
date: label: associated date
content: 1891 12 15
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A keyless socket for a medium screw-based lamp, brass spring shell, mounted on a wooden stand. The coil serves as an anti-theft device. A lamp can be inserted into the socket normally, but if the spring lever is not pressed, the lamp will break when removed. This deters the theft of light bulbs in an era when they were quite expensive. Yellow tag on unit reads: "No. 5 Dec. 15.91 / Pieper Socket / From Steam Ship / La Borjamin [?] / [illegible] / 5. 12.15.91 / Pieper Socket / Wilson S. [??]"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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.241402.115
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 241402.115
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socket
label: Object Name
content: lamp socket
label: Other Terms
content: Socket; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: socket: 3 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 8.89 cm x 8.255 cm