Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This is a safety lamp manufactured by the Wolf Safety Lamp Company of America around the late 19th 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" engraved on the lamp denotes that the lamp was approved by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Wolf Safety Lamp Company of America, Inc.
- ID Number
- AG.MHI-MN-7765
- catalog number
- MHI-MN-7765
- accession number
- 235037
- Object Name
- lamp, safety, mining
- mining lamp
- Measurements
- overall: 14 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 36.83 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mining
- Mining Lamps
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Natural Resources
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_872874
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e310-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
