Maxim keyed lamp socket

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Description (Brief):

Socket for a Maxim incandescent lamp. Brass shell, plastic key, threaded post connector. Four spring prongs hold the neck of the Maxim lamp and two contacts are inside. No extant maker's marks.

Date Made: ca 1882

Maker: Maxim, Hiram S.

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Work and Industry: Electricity

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Credit Line: from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.320749Catalog Number: 320749Accession Number: 241402

Object Name: Socket with Switchlamp socketOther Terms: Socket with Switch; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting

Measurements: overall: 3 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 3.175 cm x 5.715 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-5d2a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_712195

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