Lamp bulb, incandescent
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CARBON/16CP/120-125V/PEAR/SCREW
- DATE
- 1920–1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0292.004
- MANUFACTURER
- North American Electric Lamp Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 4
- Total Parts
- 44
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.43: METAL BASE, GLASS BULB & STEM, CARBON FILAMENT/ BOX & WRAPPERS ARE CARDBOARD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lamp bulbs
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NALCO
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Missouri
- City
- St. Louis
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
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GENERAL LIGHTING - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1-.43: ON TOP OF BULB, ENCLOSED IN ACIRCLE IS BROWN LETTERING READING: 'NALCO/ 16CP/ 120-125 VOLT'/ ON BOX, BACK & FRONT: 'NALCO' APPEARS INSIDE A CIRCLE/ ON EACH SIDE READS: 'NALCO/ LAMPS'/ OUTER FLAP ON EACH END READS: 'NORTH AMERICAN/ ELECTRIC LAMP CO./ ST. LOUIS, MO.'; ON TOP END IS ALSO STAMPED: '16CP 120 VOLT/ A-19 CLEAR/ MEDIUM BASE'/ ON INNER END FLAPS READS: 'CAUTION!/ ALWAYS SCREW/LAMP IN SOCKET/ WHEN CURRENT IS/ OFF.' & 'NALCO CARBON LAMPS/ LARGE/ MINIATURE/ STEREOPTICON/ LITE-O-NITE/ DECORATIVE'/ THERE IS ALSO A CREST WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE GREEK LETTERING & 'CARTON [ILLEGIBLE] COMPANY/ SAINT LOUIS'/ FLAP AT OPPOSITE END ALSO READS '25 A 19'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1-.43: CLEAR, COLOURLESS BULB/ REDDISH LEAD IN WIRES/.1-.8: SILVER-COLOURED BASE/.9-.43: GOLD-COLOURED BASE/ BOX IS BROWN WITH NAVY BLUE/ WRAPPERS ARE BROWN
- Decoration
- N/A
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North American Electric Lamp Co., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1920–1930, Artifact no. 1968.0292, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0292.004/
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