Edison General Electric keyed lamp socket
date: label: date made
content: 1890
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Edison General Electric keyed socket for medium-screw based incandescent lamp. Brass shell with plastic shell insulator, porcelain base, mica insulating sheet in socket, plastic key molded "E.G.E. Co.", threaded post connector. Stamped on shell: “Edison General / Electric Co. / New York, U.S. / Patented / Dec. 27,1881 / May 2.1882 / Oct. 3, 1882 / Feb. 12, 1884 / May 13, 1884 / Jan 20, 1885 / Apr. 15, 1890."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.320745
label: catalog number
content: 320745
label: accession number
content: 241402
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 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 6.35 cm x 4.1275 cm x 6.0325 cm