Luminaire with wooden mogul-base lamp socket

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Description (Brief):

A wall-mounted luminaire with a keyed wooden mogul socket for an Edison incandescent lamp. Used in the Hinds-Ketchum printing plant as part of the first commercial installation of the Edison lighting system.

Date Made: 1881

Maker: Edison Electric Co.

See more items in: Work and Industry: Electricity

Exhibition: Lighting a Revolution

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Credit Line: from Joseph E. Hinds

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.180940.02Catalog Number: 180940.02Accession Number: 24315

Object Name: luminaire

Measurements: overall: 17 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 43.18 cm x 8.255 cm x 6.35 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e5b8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1355326

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