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Fixture for Edison Light Bulb

Maker unknown

Fixture from the Hinds-Ketcham printing plant, part of an early commercial installation of Edison's electric-lighting system.

Date
1881
Collection
National Museum of American History
Reference
EM.180939

Plate not recorded
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Record

Medium
Metal; tin
Origin
United States
Owner
Smithsonian Institution

In the Tapestry

Associated with
Thomas EdisonA

Provenance and history

  1. 1881

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A

    americanhistory.si.edu

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