Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This is an Auto-Lite Carbide Mining Lamp, produced by the Universal Lamp Company in Chicago, Illinois, around 1930. Auto-Lite mining lamps were produced from 1913 through 1960, most following the design Jacob Sherman patented in 1924. This particular lamp is dated to the mid-1920’s because of the octagonal base and large On/Off lettering on the top.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- George J. Titler
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-9772B
- accession number
- 304880
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-9772B
- Object Name
- lamp, carbide, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 3 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 in; 9.525 cm x 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm
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- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872159
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e781-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
