Demonstrator, electric lighting
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- OBJECT TYPE
- INCANDESCENT/DOMESTIC
- DATE
- 1948
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1000.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 35
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- LEATHERETTE COVERED WOODEN BASE/ GLASS BULBS WITH BRASS BASES/ PAPER LAMP SHAED/ METAL BRACKET & SHADE HOLDERS/ RUBBER EXTENSION CORD & SOCKET CORDS/ BAKELITE SOCKETS/ ALUMINUMREFLECTOR/ CARDBOARD STAGE & BOARDS/ LINEN BACKET & PLASTIC COVERED PHOTOGRAPHS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 42.5 cm
- Width
- 31.5 cm
- Height
- 17.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Lighting device parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Cleveland
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
LIGHTING/ TO DEMONSTRATE TO CUSTOMERS IN THEIR OWN HOMES THE ADVANTAGE OF BETTER LIGHTING - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON FRONT OF CASE IS SILVER ON BLACK READS: 'INCANDESCNET LAMP DEPARTMENT GENERAL GE ELECTRIC COMPANY RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING KIT ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT NELA PARK CLEVELAND, O.'/ PLATE ON SIDE OF CASE READS: 'CAUTION MAX. CAPACITY 100 WATTS'/ EACH LAMP HAS: 'MAZDA GE' ON IT PLUS ON.2 '75W 115V',.3 &.4: '40W 115V',.5: '25W 115V',.6: 'INDIRECT-LITE BURN BASE DOWN 250W 115V',.7 &.8: '100W 115V',.9: '60W 115V',.10: '40W 120V'/ SOCKETS OF.27 &.28 HAVE: '660W GE 250V USA' STAMPED INTO THEM'/ AN ADAPTER, SOCKET PT STATES: 'GE CO. U.S. PATENT 1830597/ 15A-125V 10A-250V'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK SIMULATED LEATHER CARRYING CASE WITH PLUG, SOCKET & RHEOSTAT CONTROLS ON OUTSIDE/ LAMPS: 8 FROSTED BULBS, 1 CREAM, ALL HAVE BRASS BASES/ SHADES ARE CREAM COLOURED WITH GOLD COLOURED MOTIF & RIMS/ GLASS SLIDE HALF CLEAR HALF SPRAYED TO SHOW DIRT ACCUMULATION/ SILVER COLOURED REFLECTOR/ RING MOUNTED BOARDS ONE GREEN, ONE BLUE, ON SILVER/ GREY COLOURED BOARD/ BLACK EXTENSION CORD/ SHADES & SLIDE WRAPPED IN MARBLISED PAPER
- Decoration
- .11-.16 LAMP SHADES HAVE GOLD COLOURED DECORATIVE MOTIF AROUND LARGER END CONSISTING OF GROUPINGS OF FOUR FOUR-SIDED NON UNIFORM SHAPES WITH THREE PARALLEL LINES ALTERNATING ABOVE OR BELOW GROUPINGS
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