Incandescent Lamp Holder
Incandescent Lamp Holder
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- Description (Brief)
- Wooden pedestal mount with lamp socket for Maxim lamp. Three screws are mounted on the base, the center one is a switch.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- incandescent lamp
- Other Terms
- Lighting Devices
- date made
- ca 1880
- maker
- Farmer, Moses G.
- Maxim, Hiram S.
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm
- ID Number
- EM.181979
- catalog number
- 181979
- accession number
- 2015.0173
- Credit Line
- from Sarah J. Farmer
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Electric Lamps
- Energy & Power
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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