Desk Lamp Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Desk lamp

Date Made

1960-1969

Creators

Tensor Corporation

Place of Creation

United States, New York, New York, Brooklyn

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2023.50.251

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Metal
Plastic
Glass (Material)
Wood (Plant material)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 10 in (Collapsed)
Width: 2.5 in (Collapsed)
Length: 5.25 in (Collapsed)
Length: 71.5 in (Cord length)

Inscriptions

front plate: Tensor / OFF LO HI above and below front plate, carved: J.V. JACKSON blue sticker underneath: Underwriter's Labratories, Inc. / [copyright logo] / Listed / Portable Lamp / Issue No. D-3318

Keywords	United States, Alabama, Selma Desk lamps Lamps (Lighting devices) Lighting Jackson, Sullivan, 1921-2004 Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932-2013 Jackson, Jawana V.