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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- MG.314137.054
- catalog number
- 314137.054
- accession number
- 314137
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1978.0435.053
- accession number
- 1978.0435
- catalog number
- 1978.0435.053
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1932 - 1941
- maker
- General Electric Company
- ID Number
- DL.314637.2470
- catalog number
- 314637.2470
- accession number
- 314637
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1932 - 1941
- maker
- General Electric Company
- ID Number
- DL.314637.2471
- catalog number
- 314637.2471
- accession number
- 314637
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1998.0155.24
- catalog number
- 1998.0155.24
- accession number
- 1998.0155
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- Description
- The American inventor Edward Hebern (1869-1952) designed a series of machines for encrypting messages. The Smithsonian collections include a few of these as part of accession 1991.0190. Like many inventors, Hebern accumulated a variety of spare parts. These are some of them, part of museum transaction 1991.3033.
- This glass light bulb screws into rubber-covered metal socket. Two green cloth-covered wires are attached.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- maker
- Edward Hebern
- ID Number
- 1991.3033.066
- catalog number
- 1991.3033.066
- nonaccession number
- 1991.3033
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1997
- issuing authority
- Cuttaback Strategic Communications
- ID Number
- 2003.3016.01
- nonaccession number
- 2003.3016
- catalog number
- 2003.3016.01
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- Description (Brief)
- Brass lapel-pin with a non-functional light bulb. Resembles a typical carbon filament lamp of the early 1900s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1905
- ID Number
- 2002.0342.01
- accession number
- 2002.0342
- catalog number
- 2002.0342.01
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- Description
- Natural resin double socket with brass fittings. The “HEMCO / TWIN LIGHT” inscription refers to the Hill Engineering and Manufacturing Co., a firm established in Independence, Mo., in 1958.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1984.0410.01
- catalog number
- 1984.0410.01
- accession number
- 1984.0410
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- Description
- Neon-glow lamps were invented in 1921 and novelty electrodes in a variety of shapes that glowed red-orange were added a decade later. A GOP-elephant shape, available since the 1940s, was featured in this bulb sold by duro-lite during the 1968 presidential campaign. The packaging on this 3-watt Republican-themed bulb and its Democratic counterpart promoted many reasons to purchase this item: “Support your Political Party with this authentic mascot that lights up in full glory. . . . Makes ideal night light, especially for children’s room. . . . Cozy, warm effect enhances room atmosphere in den, recreation room. A most unusual conversation piece.”
- date made
- 1968
- associated institution
- Republican National Party
- ID Number
- PL.281977.01
- catalog number
- 281977.01
- accession number
- 281977
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- Description
- Neon-glow lamps were invented in 1921 and novelty electrodes in a variety of shapes that glowed red-orange were added a decade later. A donkey shape, available since the 1940s, was featured in this bulb sold by duro-lite during the 1968 presidential campaign. The packaging on this 3-watt Democratic-themed bulb and its Republican counterpart promoted many reasons to purchase this item: “Support your Political Party with this authentic mascot that lights up in full glory. . . . Makes ideal night light, especially for children’s room. . . . Cozy, warm effect enhances room atmosphere in den, recreation room. A most unusual conversation piece.”
- date made
- 1968
- associated institution
- Democratic National Party
- ID Number
- PL.281977.02
- catalog number
- 281977.02
- accession number
- 281977
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- Date made
- 1881
- ID Number
- EM.180939
- catalog number
- 180939
- accession number
- 24315
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 2013.0329.08
- catalog number
- 2013.0329.08
- accession number
- 2013.0329
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- Date made
- 1881
- maker
- Hammer, William J.
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- ID Number
- EM.320526
- catalog number
- 320526
- accession number
- 241402
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- Collection Creator
- Eisler Engineering Company.
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- Collector
- Hammer, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1934 (electrical engineer)
- Collection Creator
- Hammer, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1934 (electrical engineer)
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1925 - 1935
- ID Number
- 1984.1042.16
- catalog number
- 1984.1042.16
- accession number
- 1984.1042
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- Collector
- Hammer, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1934 (electrical engineer)
- Collection Creator
- Hammer, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1934 (electrical engineer)
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