lapel pin advertisement for Philips “Alto” fluorescent lamp
date: label: date made
content: 1996
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Lapel pin advertisement for Philips “Alto” fluorescent lamp. “Press / On/Off”. The Alto lamp was a unit featuring a reduced mercury fabrication method that used a special capsule mounted on the stem press. The capsule was opened after lamp assembly by a burst of high frequency radiation, eliminating the need to overdose the lamp in order to assure sufficient mercury content. Pin was distributed at an industry trade show in 1997.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Harold D. Wallace, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0274.11
label: accession number
content: 2017.0274
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0274.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lapel pin
label: Object Name
content: light emitting diode
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 3.4925 cm