Thomson-Houston keyless surface-mounted lamp socket

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Description (Brief):

Keyless surface mounted lamp socket. Porcelain body, Thomson-Houston socket, remnants of tar-like coating on bottom. No extant maker's markings.

Date Made: ca 1900

Maker: Thomson-Houston Electric Company

Location: Currently not on view

See more items in: Work and Industry: Electricity

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: from Princeton University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, thru Dean Howard Menand

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.318713.02Catalog Number: 318713.02Accession Number: 232729

Object Name: Lamp Socket

Physical Description: brass (overall material)porcelain (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in; 3.175 cm x 3.81 cm x 6.6675 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-6653-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_996393

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