Edison Bamboo filament lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1883
name: label: associated person
content: Edison, Thomas Alva
label: maker
content: Edison Electric Light Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Commercial Edison bamboo filament incandescent lamp. Brass medium-screw base with plaster domed insulator. Single arch bamboo filament with copper-clad connectors, three-piece leads, cork insulator. Ball-tipped, pear-shaped envelope. “0” stamped on base contact. Donor’s card reads: “Bamboo filament electric lamp, an original from Edison’s Menlo Park Laboratories...."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Paul G. Watson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.325073
label: catalog number
content: 325073
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Light Bulb
label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
label: Other Terms
content: Light Bulb; Lighting Devices; Horseshoe; Bamboo
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 2 1/4 in; 15.24 cm x 5.715 cm