Wirt "Dim-A-Lite" pull-cord dimming socket adapter
Wirt "Dim-A-Lite" pull-cord dimming socket adapter
- Description (Brief)
- Wirt "Dim-A-Lite" lamp socket, c 1909. Brass shell with brass medium-screw socket and porcelain insulator. Bolted contact, mica insulator inside. Slide mechanism external with two pull chains wrapped around back of shell. Different colored bead finials tied to cords (one missing) that are attached to the chains indicate direction of light adjustment. Shell stamped: "Wirt.E.S.Co.Phila.Dim.A.Lite.Pat.Nov.24.08." The patent is US Patent 904826, "Lamp Reducer," issued to Charles E. Wirt. Hammer Collection.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lamp dimmer
- lamp socket
- Other Terms
- Socket with Dimmer; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
- date made
- ca 1909
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 6.35 cm x 5.3975 cm x 4.445 cm
- ID Number
- EM.320500
- catalog number
- 320500
- accession number
- 241402
- Credit Line
- from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Comments
Hello - do you happen to know the date of this piece please? Thank you,
Alice Barnaby
Fri, 2020-11-13 09:00
Hal Wallace
Mon, 2020-12-14 16:49