Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This battery-powered mining cap lamp was manufactured by McGraw-Edison in the mid-20th century. In 1957, Thomas A. Edison Incorporated merged with the McGraw Electric Company to form the McGraw-Edison Company. This lamp consists of a battery in a self-locking steel case worn on the miner’s belt. A flexible cord connects the battery to the lamp, which was worn on a mining cap.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mine Safety Appliances Company
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-8117B
- accession number
- 240639
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-8117B
- Object Name
- lamp, cap, miner's
- mining lamp
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872016
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-ca63-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
