Electric Plug
notes: label: Description
content: Three prong plastic electric plug with inscriptions that read “HUBBELL” and “15 A / 125 v / UL.”
label: Description
content: Harvey Hubbell (1857-1927) established the Harvey Hubbell Manufacturing Co. in Bridgeport, Conn., in 1888; and patented the pull-chain electrical light socket in 1896, and the electrical power plug in 1904.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0538.27
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0538.27
label: accession number
content: 1983.0538
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electric Plug
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 70 mm x 32 mm x 38 mm; 2 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 3.175 cm x 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm