"Stopper" Lamp Replica
"Stopper" Lamp Replica
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- Description (Brief)
- Replica "stopper lamp" made to the original 1893 specifications for the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- incandescent lamp
- date made
- ca 1934
- maker
- Westinghouse Lamp Company
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Bloomfield
- Physical Description
- wood (base material)
- glass (envelope material)
- carbon (filament material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 in x 3 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 9.525 cm
- ID Number
- 2002.0020.01
- accession number
- 2002.0020
- catalog number
- 2002.0020.01
- Credit Line
- from Charles A. Oerkvitz
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Electric Lamps
- Energy & Power
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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