light bulb 50w
Datelate 19th-early 20th Century
Inventory Number1997-1-1789
ClassificationLight Bulb
Subject
Maker
General Electric Company
1892-present
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions12.5 x 6 cm (4 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Material
DescriptionA straight-sided, clear glass, 50w bulb with a pointed tip and with a carbon filament that makes two loops held directly by the glass base and a metallic clip between the loops. Inside the glass base is a paper containing patent information. There is also a handwritten inscription on the base. The bulb has a metal, screw-type mount with some corrosion.
There are some spots or specks of material on the glass.
There are some spots or specks of material on the glass.
Signedprinted on paper label on glass: General Electric
Inscribedon label: GE 50 W EDISON GEM
Curatorial RemarksPatent information inside. Cleaned with water/alcohol/ammonia solution.
FunctionA standard bulb of the early 1900s before tungsten.
Edison Manufacturing Company
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: RS0370
Sylvania
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Accessories: brown cardboard box, with handwritten note, "345 on 35"
Object number: RS0369
Edison Manufacturing Company
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Accessories: 12 light bulbs in a shoe box
Object number: 1997-1-0778
Sylvania
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: RS0368
Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: 1997-1-0767
Gilmore Electric Company
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: 1997-1-1783
Consolidated Electric Lamp Company
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: 1997-1-1785