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 likely dates to around 1930, as evidenced by the rubber bumper grip on the base and two lines of lettering on the top.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- George J. Titler
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-9772A
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-9772A
- accession number
- 304880
- Object Name
- lamp, carbide, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 in; 10.16 cm x 9.525 cm x 5.08 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872167
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e79c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
