lightning rod with rubber tube and weather vane
date: label: date made
content: ca 1895
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Lightning rod with rubber tube and weather vane, comet glass in vane, single point on top, no insulators. "Reg.d R.H. Co [initials in diamond] Brand" stamped on unit, "R.H.Co." stamped on upper and lower conductor ferrules. See US Patent 510837, "Lightning Rod Ornament," issued to John J. Cole of St. Louis, 12 December 1893.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Nance L. Briscoe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.3085.06
label: nonaccession number
content: 2014.3085
label: catalog number
content: 2014.3085.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lightning rod
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 56 in x 23 in x 7 in; 142.24 cm x 58.42 cm x 17.78 cm