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OBJECT TYPE: lamp bulb/cardboard
DATE: 1910–1915
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2894.006

MANUFACTURER: Westinghouse Lamp Co.
MODEL: Westinghouse Mazda
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 6
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: cardboard with cardboard inserts

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 27.2 cm
Width: 14.6 cm
Height: 6.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Lighting Technology
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Westinghouse
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: circa 1910-1915+
Canada: Unknown
Function: A storage and display container for lamp bulbs,.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: White lettering reading 'WESTINGHOUSE/ MAZDA LAMPS', 'WESTINGHOUSE GUARANTEES YOUR LAMP/ MAZDA GUARANTEES YOUR LIGHT', 'WESTINGHOUSE LAMP COMPANY/ DISTRICT SALES OFFICES/ THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY/ THIS CARTON CONTAINS/ FIVE/ ?5 WATT/ ?20 VOLT/ S19/ STRAIGHT SIDE BULB/ CLEAR/ WESTINGHOUSE/ MAZDA/ LAMPS', 'The lamps contained herein are manufactured by the Westinghouse Lamp Company,/ which sells its Mazda and Metallized filament lamps exclusively through its/ own Branches and Agents direct to the Consumer except when/ such lamps are sold to Central Lighting Stations' and 'Each of the contained/ lamps is made under one or more of the following/ letters patent of the United/ States' [see Patents for list of patent dates]/ Lettering on inserts reads 'The lamp contained herein are manufactured by the/ Westinghouse Lamp Company, which sells its Mazda/ and Metallized filament lamps exclusively through its/ own Branches and Agents direct to the Consumer ex-/cept when such lamps are sold to Central Lighting/ Stations./ The Incandescent electric contained herein/ is of one of the classes named below, and is made/ under United States Letters Patent. Among the pa-/ tents relating to the particular class to which the con-/ tained lamp belongs are those indicated in the sub-/ joined list.: Class/ Metallized large/ Mazda Lamp/ [see Patents for list of patent dates]/ WESTINGOUSE LAMP COMPANY/ A1943'
Missing: N/A
Finish: Orange and white exterior/ natural interior
Decoration: White and orange illustration of lamp bulbs and Westinghouse trade mark logos

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Westinghouse Lamp Co., Box, circa 1910–1915, Artifact no. 1992.2894, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.2894.006/

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