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- Westinghouse Tungsten Lamp, 1908 -
- 1908
- Collections - Artifact
Westinghouse Tungsten Lamp, 1908
- General Electric Tungsten Lamp, circa 1906 -
- circa 1906
- Collections - Artifact
General Electric Tungsten Lamp, circa 1906
- Maltese Cross Filament Lamp Made by Hiram Maxim, 1880 -
- 1880
- Collections - Artifact
Maltese Cross Filament Lamp Made by Hiram Maxim, 1880
- Patent Model of Lamp Wick, 1870 - From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
- December 27, 1870
- Collections - Artifact
Patent Model of Lamp Wick, 1870
From 1790 to 1880, the U.S. Patent Office required applicants to submit a miniature model along with diagrams and written descriptions detailing the operation of their invention. Patent models could be no larger than 12" by 12" by 12". Though they were usually not operational, these models helped explain an inventor's idea and protect it from competitors.
- Thomas Edison 73rd Birthday Luncheon Souvenir Lamp, 1920 - The Edison Pioneers was an association initially composed of former employees who had worked for Thomas Edison. The group, organized in 1918, gathered each year on February 11 to celebrate the birthday of the famous inventor. In 1920, members gathered and lunched with Edison in West Orange, New Jersey. Attendees received this commemorative gift as a remembrance of the day.
- 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Thomas Edison 73rd Birthday Luncheon Souvenir Lamp, 1920
The Edison Pioneers was an association initially composed of former employees who had worked for Thomas Edison. The group, organized in 1918, gathered each year on February 11 to celebrate the birthday of the famous inventor. In 1920, members gathered and lunched with Edison in West Orange, New Jersey. Attendees received this commemorative gift as a remembrance of the day.
- Thomas Edison 73rd Birthday Luncheon Souvenir Lamp, 1920 - The Edison Pioneers was an association initially composed of former employees who had worked for Thomas Edison. The group, organized in 1918, gathered each year on February 11 to celebrate the birthday of the famous inventor. In 1920, members gathered and lunched with Edison in West Orange, New Jersey. Attendees received this commemorative gift as a remembrance of the day.
- 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Thomas Edison 73rd Birthday Luncheon Souvenir Lamp, 1920
The Edison Pioneers was an association initially composed of former employees who had worked for Thomas Edison. The group, organized in 1918, gathered each year on February 11 to celebrate the birthday of the famous inventor. In 1920, members gathered and lunched with Edison in West Orange, New Jersey. Attendees received this commemorative gift as a remembrance of the day.
- Thomas Edison 73rd Birthday Luncheon Souvenir Lamp, 1920 - The Edison Pioneers was an association initially composed of former employees who had worked for Thomas Edison. The group, organized in 1918, gathered each year on February 11 to celebrate the birthday of the famous inventor. In 1920, members gathered and lunched with Edison in West Orange, New Jersey. Attendees received this commemorative gift as a remembrance of the day.
- 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Thomas Edison 73rd Birthday Luncheon Souvenir Lamp, 1920
The Edison Pioneers was an association initially composed of former employees who had worked for Thomas Edison. The group, organized in 1918, gathered each year on February 11 to celebrate the birthday of the famous inventor. In 1920, members gathered and lunched with Edison in West Orange, New Jersey. Attendees received this commemorative gift as a remembrance of the day.
- Thomas Edison 73rd Birthday Luncheon Souvenir Lamp, 1920 - The Edison Pioneers was an association initially composed of former employees who had worked for Thomas Edison. The group, organized in 1918, gathered each year on February 11 to celebrate the birthday of the famous inventor. In 1920, members gathered and lunched with Edison in West Orange, New Jersey. Attendees received this commemorative gift as a remembrance of the day.
- 1920
- Collections - Artifact
Thomas Edison 73rd Birthday Luncheon Souvenir Lamp, 1920
The Edison Pioneers was an association initially composed of former employees who had worked for Thomas Edison. The group, organized in 1918, gathered each year on February 11 to celebrate the birthday of the famous inventor. In 1920, members gathered and lunched with Edison in West Orange, New Jersey. Attendees received this commemorative gift as a remembrance of the day.
- Kerosene Lamp, 1860-1875 -
- 1860-1875
- Collections - Artifact
Kerosene Lamp, 1860-1875
- Trade Literature for Pairpoint Electrolier No. 3037, 1899-1907 - In the early 1890s, Louis Comfort Tiffany applied the emerging Art Nouveau style to lighting products. They became so popular that other companies -- especially the Pairpoint Corporation of New Bedford, Massachusetts -- produced lamps to rival Tiffany's. The undulating lines and botanical motifs encircling the Pairpoint lamp depicted here are characteristic of Art Nouveau aesthetics.
- 1899-1907
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Literature for Pairpoint Electrolier No. 3037, 1899-1907
In the early 1890s, Louis Comfort Tiffany applied the emerging Art Nouveau style to lighting products. They became so popular that other companies -- especially the Pairpoint Corporation of New Bedford, Massachusetts -- produced lamps to rival Tiffany's. The undulating lines and botanical motifs encircling the Pairpoint lamp depicted here are characteristic of Art Nouveau aesthetics.