Wirt "Dim-A-Lite" pull-cord dimming socket adapter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1909
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Wirt "Dim-A-Lite" lamp socket, c 1909. Brass shell with brass medium-screw socket and porcelain insulator. Bolted contact, mica insulator inside. Slide mechanism external with two pull chains wrapped around back of shell. Different colored bead finials tied to cords (one missing) that are attached to the chains indicate direction of light adjustment. Shell stamped: "Wirt.E.S.Co.Phila.Dim.A.Lite.Pat.Nov.24.08." The patent is US Patent 904826, "Lamp Reducer," issued to Charles E. Wirt. Hammer Collection.
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.320500
label: catalog number
content: 320500
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp dimmer
label: Object Name
content: lamp socket
label: Other Terms
content: Socket with Dimmer; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 6.35 cm x 5.3975 cm x 4.445 cm