Miner's Safety lamp
Miner's Safety lamp
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- Description (Brief)
- This is a carbide mining lamp manufactured by the Friemann and Wolf Company, of Zwickau, Germany around 1910. The Friemann and Wolf Company was a prominent lamp manufacturer that exported lamps to the U.S. until World War I, when buying German items became unpopular. Worn on a miner's cap, the reflector behind the flame cast a wide range of light, improving the miner’s peripheral vision.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lamp, carbide, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 2 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 10.16 cm x 6.35 cm x 8.255 cm
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-7761
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-7761
- accession number
- 235037
- Credit Line
- Wolf Safety Lamp Company of America, Inc.
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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