keyed lamp socket with shade ring
date: label: date made
content: ca 1892
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Keyed socket for Thomson-Houston based incandescent lamp, ca 1892. Brass shell with ceramic contact insulator, plastic key, threaded post connector with broken plastic stub. Shade mounting ring with three mounting screws. Stamped on shell: "Pat. June 21.1892"; on shade ring: "Pat.Dec.9.1890."
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.241402.114
label: accession number
content: 241402
label: catalog number
content: 241402.114
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 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 6.985 cm x 6.985 cm x 6.6675 cm