Edison system sample board: experimental bamboo types
date: label: date made
content: 1881
name: label: maker
content: Edison, Thomas Alva
label: maker
content: Acheson, Edward Goodrich
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A board showing various types of bamboo used in the manufacture of experimental incandescent lamps. Made by Edward Acheson while working for Thomas Edison at Menlo Park. Displayed at the Edison booth in the 1881 Paris Exposition. Reference: Menlo Park Reminiscences 2, pages 627-630, 898.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of GE Lighting, A Savant Company, through Gerald Duffy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2023.0016.11
label: accession number
content: 2023.0016
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0016.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp display
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 21 in x 50 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 53.34 cm x 128.27 cm