General Electric keyed socket base and frame
General Electric keyed socket base and frame
- Description (Brief)
- A porcelain base and frame for a GE surface mounted lamp socket. Type 9358. "B" molded on bottom of frame.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Receptacle Base
- lamp socket
- Other Terms
- Receptacle Base; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
- Date made
- 1894
- date made
- 1895
- maker
- General Electric Company
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in; 3.81 cm x 5.3975 cm
- ID Number
- EM.181690
- catalog number
- 181690
- accession number
- 33184
- maker number
- 9358
- Credit Line
- from General Electric Company
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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