Fixture for Edison light bulb

Fixture for Edison light bulb

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Description (Brief)
Donor reported: "Fixture and lamp socket, with covered tin shade, used by engravers to concentrate the light on a small space. This fixture and shade excited great interest at the time as it was apparently the first shade that any one had ever seen which covered the top of the lamp or light without ventilation. Double swing gas pipe brackets with rough tin shades - one extra shade." A converted gas fixture with a keyless Edison socket for a Johnson bevel-ring incandescent lamp. Used in the Hinds-Ketchum printing plant as part of the first commercial installation of the Edison lighting system.
Object Name
luminaire
Other Terms
lighting; luminaire; Lighting Devices
Date made
1881
place made
United States: New Jersey, Edison, Menlo Park
Measurements
overall: 24 in x 5 in x 15 in; 60.96 cm x 12.7 cm x 38.1 cm
ID Number
EM.180939
catalog number
180939
accession number
24315
Credit Line
from Joseph E. Hinds
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Energy & Power
Industry & Manufacturing
Exhibition
Lighting a Revolution
Exhibition Location
National Museum of American History
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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