B. E. Co. Thomson-Houston base lamp socket

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Description (Brief):

B.E. Company keyless surface-mounted lamp socket. Porcelain body, Thomson-Houston socket, cut copper wire stubs in each contact.. Molded on bottom: "B.E.Co. / 15 N." Donor reported: "This particular model was last used at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin up to about 1920 when the electric light plant there...was modernized."

Date Made: ca 1900

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: from Charles R. Schwartz, thru Mrs. Robert W. Essex

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.312883.02Catalog Number: 312883.02Accession Number: 170757

Object Name: Lamp Socket

Physical Description: brass (overall material)porcelain (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 4.445 cm x 4.445 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7b16-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_996389

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