Oldham Electric Hand Lamp
Oldham Electric Hand Lamp
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- Description
- This is an Oldham electric hand lamp manufactured by Oldham & Son Ltd. of Denton, Manchester, England during the early 20th century. The lamp consists of a lower metal bonnet that slid over the lamp’s battery, and a light bulb at the top that is encased in a ridged glass cylinder.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lamp, hand, mining
- Measurements
- overall: 8 13/16 in; 22.352 cm
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8135
- accession number
- 239148
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8135
- Credit Line
- Mary R. Wheat
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Grant Wheat Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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