Wheat Lamp Mold
Wheat Lamp Mold
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- Description
- This is a wooden lamp mold used for casting the rubber headpiece of the Wheat lamp. Grant Wheat’s battery-powered electric lamp was given approval by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in 1919 and was manufactured by the Koehler Manufacturing Company into the 21st century. This mold was part of Grant Wheat’s personal collection that was donated to the museum in 1962.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- mold, lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 3 5/8 in; 8.255 cm x 8.2042 cm x 9.144 cm
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8195B
- accession number
- 239148
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8195B
- 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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