Miner's Carbide Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This lamp is a Dew-R-Lite model, manufactured in the 1930's by the Dewar Manufacturing Co. of Brooklyn, New York. Dewar produced carbide mining lamps from around 1914 until it was bought by the Wolf Safety Lamp Co. in 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 is notable for its perforated reflector.
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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: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Thorpe, Dave. Carbide Light: The Last Flame in American Mines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mine Safety Appliances Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8942
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8942
label: accession number
content: 240639
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, carbide, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 6 in x 3 in; 18.415 cm x 15.24 cm x 7.62 cm