Miner's Carbide Lamp
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This lamp was made by the Dewar Manufacturing Co. of Brooklyn, New York. Dewar produced carbide mining lamps from around 1914 until it was bought by the Wolf Safety Lamp Co. in the late 1930’s. Dewar was well known for its “I-T-P” (It’s Trouble Proof), Sun Ray, and Dew-R-Lite lamp brands. This lamp is notable for its highly polished reflector, which resembles the cast aluminum ""Ha-Mer-It" reflector that Dewar debuted in the late 1920's.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mining
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content: Mining Lamps
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Natural Resources
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dewar Manufacturing Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.MHI-MT-311990
label: catalog number
content: MHI-MT-311990
label: accession number
content: 157348
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, carbide, mining
label: Object Name
content: mining lamp
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 13.335 cm x 8.89 cm