General Electric "Edison Mazda" B lamp with Bryant keyed lamp holder
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
label: date made
content: ca. 1918
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
label: maker
content: Bryant Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: GE Edison "Mazda B" lamp with keyed Bryant socket. Lamp is seized in socket (anti-theft socket?). Unknown base with loose rubber collar at neck, ductile tungsten filament (destroyed) with broken stem mount loose in envelope, 4 lower mounts still attached to press, angled dumet leads, cotton insulator, tipped S-shaped envelope. Paper label on lamp: "Edison / Mazda / 120V / 15W"; etched on envelope: "Edison / Mazda / [GE logo]". Bryant keyed socket with ceramic body and brass shell, threaded post connector. Molded on key: "Bryant"; stamped on shell: "Press".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80602U04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Light Bulb
label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
label: Other Terms
content: Light Bulb; Lighting Devices; Edison; Cage; Metal
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 3 in; 16.51 cm x 6.35 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: lamp: 4 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 10.795 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: socket: 2 7/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 3.81 cm x 6.0325 cm