Miner's Carbide Lamp
notes: label: Description
content: This is an Auto-Lite Carbide Mining Lamp, produced by the Universal Lamp Company of Chicago, Illinois. Auto-Lite carbide mining lamps were produced from 1913 through 1960, most following the design Jacob Sherman patented in 1924. This lamp has a homemade wire handle added.
label: Location
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: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Grant Wheat Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: William E. Keating through Russell B. Keating
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MN-8991
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MN-8991
label: accession number
content: 263096
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, carbide, cap, mining
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 3 1/4 in x 3 in; 10.16 cm x 8.255 cm x 7.62 cm