Westinghouse "Mazda C" lamp
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Westinghouse Mazda C lamp, ca. 1943. Steel medium-screw base with glass insulator. CC-6 tungsten filament with crimp connectors, Dumet leads. Tipless A-shaped envelope. There appears to be substantial tungsten crystals on connectors. The steel base means that this lamp was produced during World War II. Restrictions on brass supplies meant that lamp makers used steel for bases instead.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0040.02
label: accession number
content: 2021.0040
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0040.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lightbulb
label: Object Name
content: incandescent lamp
label: Other Terms
content: Lightbulb; Edison; Coiled; Metal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: lightbulb: 5 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 13.0175 cm x 6.6675 cm