Carbonized Paper Filament Lamp Made by Hiram Maxim, 1880-1881

Artifact

Incandescent Lamp (Lighting device component)

Date Made

1880-1881

Creators

Maxim, Hiram S. (Hiram Stevens), 1840-1916 

Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928 

United States Electric Lighting Company 

Place of Creation

United States, New York, New York 

Creator Notes

Made by Hiram S. Maxim's United States Electric Lighting Company. Filament by Lewis Latimer.

Keywords

Incandescent lamps (Lighting device components) 

Light bulbs 

Inventions 

Lighting 

Hammer, William Joseph, 1858-1934 

Wallace, William, 1825-1904 

Collection Title

William J. Hammer Historical Collection of Incandescent Electric Lamps 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

29.1980.529.16

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Edison Pioneers.

Material

Glass (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Carbon

Inscriptions

On bottom in pencil: 16