Thomson Houston keyed lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: ca 1888
name: label: associated person
content: Thomson, Elihu
label: maker
content: Thomson-Houston Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Thomson-Houston keyed socket for Thomson-Houston based incandescent lamp. Brass shell with ceramic contact insulator, plastic key, threaded post connector. Stamped on shell: "Manf.By T-H. E. Co. Lynn. Mass. U.S.A. / Patented May 17, 1887. / Patents Applied For".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
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.320762
label: catalog number
content: 320762
label: accession number
content: 241402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socket with Switch
label: Object Name
content: lamp socket
label: Other Terms
content: Socket with Switch; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 2 in; 5.3975 cm x 3.81 cm x 5.08 cm