General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BASE & FILAMENT, GLASS BULB & STEM/ WRAPPINGS & BOX ARE CARDBOARD

Dimensions

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

Length

13.3 cm

Width

6.0 cm

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

General Electric

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

GENERAL LIGHTING

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ON BULB READS 'MAZDA'/ STICKER ON BULB READS: 'CGE/ 25W/ EDISON/ MAZDA/ 115V'/ ON BOX, PRINTED ON PICTURE, FRONT & BACK IS: 'His Only Rival/ MAZDA LAMPS'/ PICTURE ON SIDE OF BOX ALSO INCLUDES 'CANADIAN/ GENERAL ELECTRIC' & 'MADE IN CANADA'/ ALSO ON SIDE IS: 'EDISON/ MAZDA/ CANADIAN GENERAL/ ELECTRIC CO., Limited/ Toronto Winnipeg/ Montreal Calgary/ Halifax Victoria/ Ottawa Edmonton/ Cobalt Nelson/ S. Porcupine Vancouver'/ 'This/ Package' & 'contains/ 5 Lamps'/ STAMPED OVER IS '115V 25W'/ OTHER END READS: 'The Manufacture of these lamps is licensed under patents dated 1896, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916'/ ANOTHER SIDE READS 'EDISON MAZDA/ THE GUARANTEE OF EXCELLENCE'/ "IN INCANDESCENT LAMPS"/ ON OPPOSITE END READS: "NOTICE/ RETAIN LAMPS IN WRAPPERS UNTIL READY TO INSTALL IN SOCKETS./ HANDLE LAMPS WITH CARE SO AS TO AVOID EXCESSIVE JAR./ THE GREATEST CARE IS USED IN PACKING, AND IF LAMPS OR FILAMENTS ARE BROKEN, IT IS A POSITIVE EVIDENCE OF ROUGH HANDLING."

Missing

N/A

Finish

CLEAR, COLOURLESS BULB WITH TIP/ GOLD-COLOURED BASE WITH BLACK TIP/ WRAPPINGS ARE PLAIN BROWN CORRUGATED CARDBOARD/ BOX IS BROWN WITH BLUE PRINTING

Decoration

ON BOTH SIDES OF BOX IS A DRAWING OF EARTH WITH THE SUN ON ONE SIDE AND A LIGHTBULB ON THE OTHER. THE CGE LOGO IS IN THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH, FOLLOWED BY 'EDISON'. A SMALLER VERSION OF THIS PICTURE APPEARS ON ONE END OF BOX.