Davy Safety Lamp
Davy Safety Lamp
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- Description
- This safety lamp came from the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., a school that was established in 1870 as the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth. It may date from 1916 when the school moved into a new building specially built for the purpose.
- The inscriptions on the lamp read "Everhart Brass Works, Scranton, Pa." and "19." James Marion Everhart purchased a half interest in the Scranton Brass and File Works in 1871 and became sole proprietor a few years later. After his death in 1897, the firm became the Everhart Brass Works.
- Ref: L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., Catalogue (Boston, 1921), p. 106.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Davy safety lamp
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Scranton
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in x 3 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 8.89 cm
- overall: 10 9/16 in x 3 1/2 in; 26.82875 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number
- PH.323753
- catalog number
- 323753
- accession number
- 252354
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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