Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This is a safety lamp manufactured by the Wolf Safety Lamp Company of America in the early 20th century. This lamp is one of the most popular Wolf designs, employing a glass enclosure, wire gauze on the top-interior, and a metal bonnet exterior to protect the flame. The "permissible" seal engraved on the lamp means the lamp was approved for use by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Board of Trustees of Lafayette College
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8787
- accession number
- 265669
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8787
- Object Name
- lamp, safety, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 15 in x 4 in x 4 in; 38.1 cm x 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872274
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e74a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
