Ash Flash 2-cell flashlight
Ash Flash 2-cell flashlight
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- Description (Brief)
- Ash Flash 2-cell flashlight. Metal cylindrical housing with 3-position slide switch & red push button on top. Screw-on metal battery cap (spring steel contact on the inside) on one end, screw-on metal lens cap on other end. GE PR6 lamp installed, held in place with a red plastic sleeve. Paper(?) gasket around reflector edge, clear plastic lens. Purchased at an antique show in Carlysle, PA in May 2000. See Schneider, page 61 for Ash Flash lantern.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- luminaire
- flashlight
- Date made
- c1960
- date made
- ca 1960
- Measurements
- overall: 6 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in x 2 in; 16.51 cm x 4.445 cm x 5.08 cm
- ID Number
- 2003.0030.12
- accession number
- 2003.0030
- catalog number
- 2003.0030.12
- Credit Line
- from Harold D. Wallace, Jr.
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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