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view Farmer electric lighting apparatus, patent #252,748 digital asset number 1

Farmer electric lighting apparatus, patent #252,748

Associated person:: Farmer, Moses G. Search this

Maker:: Moses G. Farmer Search this

Measurements:: overall: 9 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in; x 24.13 cm x 29.21 cm

Object Name:: Electric Lighting Apparatus; incandescent lamp

Other Terms:: Electric Lighting Apparatus; Lighting Devices

Date made:: 1882

ID Number:: EM.252640

Catalog number:: 252640

Accession number:: 49064

See more items in:: Work and Industry: Electricity

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view Design for Hanging Electric Lighting Fixture digital asset number 1

Design for Hanging Electric Lighting Fixture

Designer:: Cox, Nostrand & Gunnison Search this

Type:: furniture; Drawing

Object Name:: Drawing

Made in:: USA

Date:: ca. 1933

Accession Number:: 1960-140-3

Restrictions & Rights:: Usage conditions apply

See more items in:: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection; Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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view shade, electric light digital asset number 1

shade, electric light

Physical Description:: glass, ?, ? (overall material); frosted (overall production method/technique)

Measurements:: overall: 3 in x 8 5/16 in; 7.62 cm x 21.1455 cm

Object Name:: shade, electric light

Place made:: United States: Pennsylvania, Charleroi

Credit Line:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Co.

ID Number:: CE.910

Catalog number:: 910

Accession number:: 58571

See more items in:: Cultural and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view Electric Light Shade digital asset number 1

Electric Light Shade

Maker:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company Search this

Physical Description:: white (overall color); glass, ?, translucent (overall material); milk (overall popular color name); molded (overall production method/technique)

Measurements:: overall: 5 in x 5 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 13.97 cm; overall: 4 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 12.065 cm x 14.605 cm

Object Name:: Shade; shade, light; shade, electric light; glass, light shade

Object Type:: shade

Place made:: United States; United States: Pennsylvania, Charleroi

Date made:: est. 1899; 1914-1915

Credit Line:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company

ID Number:: CE.809

Catalog number:: 809

Accession number:: 58456

See more items in:: Cultural and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass; Industry & Manufacturing; Domestic Furnishings; Art

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view Patterned, Electric Light Shade digital asset number 1

Patterned, Electric Light Shade

Maker:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company Search this

Measurements:: overall: 6 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 16.51 cm x 9.525 cm; overall: 6 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 16.51 cm x 9.525 cm

Object Name:: lampshade; glass, light shade; shade, electric light

Place made:: United States: Pennsylvania, Charleroi

Date made:: 1915

Credit Line:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company

ID Number:: CE.889

Catalog number:: 889

Accession number:: 58571

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Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view Electric Light Shade digital asset number 1

Electric Light Shade

Maker:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company Search this

Physical Description:: white (overall color); glass, ?, translucent (overall material); milk (overall popular color name); molded (overall production method/technique)

Measurements:: overall: 5 in x 5 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 14.605 cm; overall: 5 in x 6 in; 12.7 cm x 15.24 cm

Object Name:: Shade; shade, light; shade, electric light; glass, light shade; lampshade

Object Type:: shade

Place made:: United States; United States: Pennsylvania, Charleroi

Date made:: est. 1899; 1914-1915

Credit Line:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company

ID Number:: CE.808

Catalog number:: 808

Accession number:: 58456

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Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view Electric Light Shade digital asset number 1

Electric Light Shade

Maker:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company Search this

Physical Description:: white (overall color); glass, ?, translucent (overall material); milk (overall popular color name); molded (overall production method/technique)

Measurements:: overall: 4 3/4 in x 5 in; 12.065 cm x 12.7 cm; overall: 4 5/8 in x 5 in; 11.7475 cm x 12.7 cm

Object Name:: Shade; lampshade; glass, light shade

Object Type:: shade

Place made:: United States: Pennsylvania, Charleroi

Date made:: est. 1899; 1914-1915

Credit Line:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Comnpany

ID Number:: CE.891

Catalog number:: 891

Accession number:: 58571

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Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view Experimental Mercury Lamp digital asset number 1

Experimental Mercury Lamp

Maker:: General Electric Lighting Company Search this

Measurements:: overall: 5 in x 1 5/8 in; 12.7 cm x 4.1275 cm

Object Name:: incandescent lamp

Date made:: ca 1930

Credit Line:: from General Electric Lighting Company, thru Terry K. McGowan

ID Number:: 1997.0388.62

Catalog number:: 1997.0388.62

Accession number:: 1997.0388

See more items in:: Work and Industry: Electricity; Electric Lamps; Energy & Power

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view Experimental Lead-in Wires digital asset: Arc lamp, hammered foil lead (Fridrich)

Experimental Lead-in Wires

Maker:: General Electric Lighting Company Search this

Measurements:: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3/8 in; 3.81 cm x 1.016 cm

Object Name:: discharge lamp components

Date made:: ca 1965

Credit Line:: from Elmer G. Fridrich

ID Number:: 1996.0147.46

Catalog number:: 1996.0147.46

Accession number:: 1996.0147

See more items in:: Work and Industry: Electricity; Electric Lamps; Energy & Power

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view Electric Light Shade digital asset number 1

Electric Light Shade

Maker:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company Search this

Physical Description:: white (overall color); monochrome, green (overall surface decoration color name); glass, ?, translucent (overall material); milk (overall popular color name); enameled (joint piece production method/technique); molded (overall production method/technique); iridescent (joint piece production method/technique); orange (overall color)

Measurements:: overall: 6 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 10.795 cm; overall: 6 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 10.795 cm

Object Name:: Shade; lampshade; glass, light shade

Object Type:: shade

Place made:: United States: Pennsylvania, Charleroi

Date made:: 1915

Credit Line:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company

ID Number:: CE.899

Catalog number:: 899

Accession number:: 58571

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Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view Electric Light Shade digital asset number 1

Electric Light Shade

Maker:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company Search this

Physical Description:: monochrome, green (overall surface decoration color name); enameled (joint piece production method/technique); orange (overall color); molded (overall production method/technique); iridescent (joint piece production method/technique); glass, ?, translucent (overall material)

Measurements:: overall: 6 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 8.89 cm; overall: 6 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 8.89 cm

Object Name:: shade, light; lampshade; glass, light shade

Object Type:: shade

Place made:: United States: Pennsylvania, Charleroi

Date made:: 1915

Credit Line:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company

ID Number:: CE.888

Catalog number:: 888

Accession number:: 58571

See more items in:: Cultural and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass; Industry & Manufacturing; Domestic Furnishings; Art

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view Electric Light Shade digital asset number 1

Electric Light Shade

Maker:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company Search this

Physical Description:: "colorless" (overall color); monochrome, white (overall surface decoration color name); glass, ?, translucent (overall material); etched (joint piece production method/technique); molded (overall production method/technique)

Measurements:: overall: 5 in x 3 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 8.89 cm; overall: 5 in x 3 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 8.89 cm

Object Name:: shade; lampshade; glass, light shade

Object Type:: shade

Place made:: United States: Pennsylvania, Charleroi

Date made:: 1915

Credit Line:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company

ID Number:: CE.892

Catalog number:: 892

Accession number:: 58571

See more items in:: Cultural and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass; Industry & Manufacturing; Domestic Furnishings; Art

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view Electric Light Shade digital asset number 1

Electric Light Shade

Maker:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company Search this

Physical Description:: white (overall color); monochrome, white (overall surface decoration color name); glass, ?, translucent (overall material); milk (overall popular color name); etched (joint piece production method/technique); molded (overall production method/technique)

Measurements:: overall: 5 1/4 in x 4 in; 13.335 cm x 10.16 cm; overall: 5 1/4 in x 4 in; 13.335 cm x 10.16 cm

Object Name:: shade, light; lampshade; glass, light shade

Object Type:: shade

Place made:: United States: Pennsylvania, Charleroi

Date made:: 1915

Credit Line:: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company

ID Number:: CE.893

Catalog number:: 893

Accession number:: 58571

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Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view History of electric light digital asset: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/23643/SMC_76_Schroeder_1923_2_1-94.pdf

History of electric light

Author:: Schroeder, Henry Search this

Object Type:: Smithsonian staff publication; Electronic document

Year:: 1923

Topic:: Natural History Search this

Data source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:SILSRO_91450

view General Electric Model DLC-10 Discharge Lamp Tester, C1975 digital asset: GE discharge lamp checker

General Electric Model DLC-10 Discharge Lamp Tester, C1975

Maker:: General Electric Lighting Company Search this

Object Name:: Lamp Tester

Place made:: United States: Ohio, Cleveland

Date made:: ca 1975

Credit Line:: from General Electric Lighting Co.

ID Number:: 1998.0231.07

Accession number:: 1998.0231

Catalog number:: 1998.0231.07

See more items in:: Work and Industry: Electricity

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view Reproduction Steinmetz Patent Lamp digital asset: Reiling patent-demonstration mercury lamp

Reproduction Steinmetz Patent Lamp

Maker:: General Electric Lighting Company Search this

Physical Description:: mercury (overall material)

Measurements:: overall: 6 in x 2 3/4 in x 5/8 in; 15.24 cm x 6.985 cm x 1.5875 cm

Object Name:: discharge lamp

Place made:: United States: Ohio, Cleveland

Date made:: 1965

Credit Line:: from Gilbert H. Reiling

ID Number:: 1996.0084.02

Catalog number:: 1996.0084.02

Accession number:: 1996.0084

See more items in:: Work and Industry: Electricity; Electric Lamps; Energy & Power

Exhibition:: Lighting a Revolution

Exhibition Location:: National Museum of American History

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view General Electric “Watt-Mizer” incandescent lamp digital asset number 1

General Electric “Watt-Mizer” incandescent lamp

Maker:: General Electric Lighting Company Search this

Measurements:: overall: 5 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 13.335 cm x 6.6675 cm

Object Name:: incandescent lamp

Date made:: ca 1990

Credit Line:: from Harold D. Wallace, Jr.

ID Number:: 2019.0252.05

Accession number:: 2019.0252

Catalog number:: 2019.0252.05

See more items in:: Work and Industry: Electricity

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:nmah_1961400

view Weston fuse box digital asset number 1

Weston fuse box

Maker:: U.S. Electric Lighting Co. Search this

Measurements:: overall: 2 1/2 in; x 6.35 cm

Object Name:: Fuse Box

Other Terms:: Fuse Box; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting

Date made:: ca 1885

Credit Line:: from Charles H. Newton

ID Number:: EM.273181

Catalog number:: 273181

Accession number:: 54383

See more items in:: Work and Industry: Electricity

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view General Electric Model Msa-3 Mercury Socket Analyzer, C1980 digital asset: GE Model MSA-3 mercury socket analyzer

General Electric Model Msa-3 Mercury Socket Analyzer, C1980

Maker:: General Electric Lighting Company Search this

Object Name:: Lamp Tester

Place made:: United States: Ohio, Cleveland

Date made:: ca 1980

Credit Line:: from General Electric Lighting Co.

ID Number:: 1998.0231.01

Accession number:: 1998.0231

Catalog number:: 1998.0231.01

See more items in:: Work and Industry: Electricity

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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view Edison Electric Light System rheostat digital asset number 1

Edison Electric Light System rheostat

Maker:: Edison Electric Co. Search this

Measurements:: overall: 14 1/2 in x 5 in x 5 in; 36.83 cm x 12.7 cm x 12.7 cm

Object Name:: Rheostat

Date made:: 1881

Credit Line:: from Joseph E. Hinds

ID Number:: EM.205604

Catalog number:: 205604

Accession number:: 036642

See more items in:: Work and Industry: Electricity

Exhibition:: Lighting a Revolution

Exhibition Location:: National Museum of American History

Data Source:: National Museum of American History

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