Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This is an Auto-Lite Carbide Mining Lamp, produced by the Universal Lamp Company of Chicago, Illinois. Auto-Lite carbide mining lamps were produced from 1913 through 1960, most following the design Jacob Sherman patented in 1924. This lamp’s design places its manufacture date in the early 1920’s. This particular lamp is noteable for the octagonal base and large On/Off lettering on the top.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Guy A. Bray
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-9712
- accession number
- 299568
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-9712
- Object Name
- lamp, carbide, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 4 1/4 in x 4 in x 4 in; 10.795 cm x 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm
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- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872160
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-1a4f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
