Safelight
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1558.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric X-ray Corp.
- MODEL
- 2
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal & synthetic ( including bakelite) construction; fabric covered cord.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 12.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- These types of safelights used c. 1930s +
- Canada
-
Representative sample of lighting used by radiologists while developing X-Ray film. - Function
-
Used to provide specialized lighting conditions necessary for working with photographic & x-ray film during the developing process. - Technical
-
Dark lights provide sufficient illumination for comfort and safety of person(s) developing film, while protecting film itself (ie. image) from damage. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "GENERAL [GE logo] ELECTRIC/ X-RAY CORPORATION/ G.E. SAFELIGHT MODEL NO. 2/ CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A." printed in black on goldtone decal on lamp shade. "GE [logo]" appears in raised print on both sides of lamp switch.
- Missing
- Unknown- appears complete.
- Finish
- Casing has dark black-brown painted finish; dark red-purple screen over light source; mounting bracket has black enamel painted finish; brown fabric covered cord.
- Decoration
- N/A
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