Insulite - Thomson Houston keyed lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1890
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Insulite keyed socket for a Thomson Houston based incandescent lamp. Brass shell, key and Thomson-Houston socket, threaded connector. Marked: "Insulite Manufacturing Co." Stamped: "Insulite Mf.g' Co.N.Y. Pat.Appl'd For".
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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 Collectionfrom IBM
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.320748.02
label: catalog number
content: 320748.02
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lamp Socket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 3.175 cm x 4.445 cm