Pull-Chain medium-screw base lamp socket
Pull-Chain medium-screw base lamp socket
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- Description (Brief)
- Socket for medium-screw base lamp with 15" braided cotton (?) pull-cord, ball finial, threaded connector or mounting on a pipe nipple. Note bolt and washer lamp base contact. Stamped on side: "Pat' Aug. 11, 1896".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Lamp Socket
- lamp socket
- Socket with Switch
- Other Terms
- Socket with Switch; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
- date made
- ca 1897
- maker
- Harvey Hubbell Inc.
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 4.1275 cm x 3.81 cm
- socket with switch: 2 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 6.35 cm x 4.826 cm
- ID Number
- EM.320495
- catalog number
- 320495
- accession number
- 241402
- Credit Line
- from International Business Machines, Inc., William J. Hammer Collection
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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