vacuum tube sockets
Date1920-1955
Inventory Number1997-1-0067b
ClassificationSocket
Subject
Maker
Western Electric Company
1869 - 1995
Maker
Pass and Seymour, Inc.
founded 1890
Maker
Bryant Electric Company
1888-present
Maker
National Company, Inc.
1914 - 1970s
Maker
Alden Manufacturing Company
1922 - c. 1926
Maker
Northern Electric Company, Ltd.
1914 - 1976
Maker
JFD Manufacturing Company, Inc.
1930 - 1958
Cultural Region
Dimensions11.5 x 61 x 45.5 cm (4 1/2 x 24 x 17 15/16 in.)
Material
Description1997-1-0067b is a miscellaneous collection of vacuum tube sockets and related materials. It includes:
1) an early 20th century task light with a ceramic socket for a mogul-base light bulb.
2) a set of three vacuum tube sockets by Western Electric in black-enameled rectangular cases to which electrical contacts are applied. The sockets have bayonet mounts and spring contacts.
a) 3-prong socket: "WESTERN ELECTRIC / ... / 112-A VACUUM TUBE SOCKET / PATENT / 1325865 [and] 1569639"
b) 4-prong socket: "TRANSMITTING TUBE SOCKET / SIGNAL CORPS U S ARMY / WESTERN ELECTRIC CO INC 205A." Stamped on housing: "PAT APPLIED FOR"
c) 4-prong socket: "VACUUM TUBE SOCKET / NO. 202 A / PAT. APPLIED FOR"
3) TYPE S E 1716 large vacuum tube socket, 4 prong, spring contacts, bayonet mount, on square vulcanite base
4) National Co. large tube socket, 4 prong, side spring contacts, bayonet mount, on round ceramic base. Signed "NC" in diamond logo.
5) National Co. large 5-prong tube socket with clips mounted on a triangular ceramic base. Signed between clips on top:" NATIONAL CO INC [?] MALDEN MADE." on underside: "NC" in diamond logo
6) 3-prong tube socket with clips mounted on a round flat ceramic ring, marked P-748 on top and CHU-49378-8 underneath. "H" in a circle on top.
7) 4-prong tube socket with spring clips, clear plastic marked "PACENT / SOCKET."
8) G. P. Co. cat. no. 8180, 4-prong tube socket with spring clips, ceramic collar and square base.
9) Alden Manufacturing Co. NA-ALD 4-prong vacuum tube socket, copper spring clips in plastic collar and base. Top side marked with "NA-ALD" logo and "PAT. PEND." Underside marked "BAKELITE" and "A. M. CO. / SPFLD MASS." With original hang tag from manufacturer; orange paper.
10) "P & S" ceramic Edison lamp socket, 660 W, 250 V, marked on underside P823H.
11) "P & S" ceramic Edison lamp socket, Mogul base, marked on underside NO 520 and P4171.
12) Bryant ceramic Edison lamp socket, 660 W, 250 V, copper contacts, "BRYANT" stamped on central one. Underside marked "MADE IN USA."
13) Northern Electric "Peanut Tube" socket, R 8400 in original box, underside marked in grease pencil "W E / 109A." Small 4-prong socket with spring contacts in black plastic; marked "N. E. Co. LIMITED." On box lid: "Northern Electric / MADE IN CANADA."
14) JFD lightning arrester, no. AT105, "Little Giant," for ribbon and oval jumbo twin lead, red bakelite, with grounding cable; all in original box marked "the secret is in the LIPS." Typed paper insert gives patent numbers and date of 1953.
1) an early 20th century task light with a ceramic socket for a mogul-base light bulb.
2) a set of three vacuum tube sockets by Western Electric in black-enameled rectangular cases to which electrical contacts are applied. The sockets have bayonet mounts and spring contacts.
a) 3-prong socket: "WESTERN ELECTRIC / ... / 112-A VACUUM TUBE SOCKET / PATENT / 1325865 [and] 1569639"
b) 4-prong socket: "TRANSMITTING TUBE SOCKET / SIGNAL CORPS U S ARMY / WESTERN ELECTRIC CO INC 205A." Stamped on housing: "PAT APPLIED FOR"
c) 4-prong socket: "VACUUM TUBE SOCKET / NO. 202 A / PAT. APPLIED FOR"
3) TYPE S E 1716 large vacuum tube socket, 4 prong, spring contacts, bayonet mount, on square vulcanite base
4) National Co. large tube socket, 4 prong, side spring contacts, bayonet mount, on round ceramic base. Signed "NC" in diamond logo.
5) National Co. large 5-prong tube socket with clips mounted on a triangular ceramic base. Signed between clips on top:" NATIONAL CO INC [?] MALDEN MADE." on underside: "NC" in diamond logo
6) 3-prong tube socket with clips mounted on a round flat ceramic ring, marked P-748 on top and CHU-49378-8 underneath. "H" in a circle on top.
7) 4-prong tube socket with spring clips, clear plastic marked "PACENT / SOCKET."
8) G. P. Co. cat. no. 8180, 4-prong tube socket with spring clips, ceramic collar and square base.
9) Alden Manufacturing Co. NA-ALD 4-prong vacuum tube socket, copper spring clips in plastic collar and base. Top side marked with "NA-ALD" logo and "PAT. PEND." Underside marked "BAKELITE" and "A. M. CO. / SPFLD MASS." With original hang tag from manufacturer; orange paper.
10) "P & S" ceramic Edison lamp socket, 660 W, 250 V, marked on underside P823H.
11) "P & S" ceramic Edison lamp socket, Mogul base, marked on underside NO 520 and P4171.
12) Bryant ceramic Edison lamp socket, 660 W, 250 V, copper contacts, "BRYANT" stamped on central one. Underside marked "MADE IN USA."
13) Northern Electric "Peanut Tube" socket, R 8400 in original box, underside marked in grease pencil "W E / 109A." Small 4-prong socket with spring contacts in black plastic; marked "N. E. Co. LIMITED." On box lid: "Northern Electric / MADE IN CANADA."
14) JFD lightning arrester, no. AT105, "Little Giant," for ribbon and oval jumbo twin lead, red bakelite, with grounding cable; all in original box marked "the secret is in the LIPS." Typed paper insert gives patent numbers and date of 1953.
Signedvacuum tube sockets (2): WESTERN ELECTRIC
4- and 5-prong National Co. sockets: NC [in diamond logo]
5 prong triangular base socket: NATIONAL CO INC [?] MALDEN MADE
model 8180 4-prong socket: G. P. CO.
NA-ALD 4-prong vacuum tube socket: NA-ALD [logo]
NA-ALD 4-prong vacuum tube socket, underside: A. M. CO. / SPFLD MASS.
NA-ALD hang tag: NA-ALD [logo] / ... / ALDEN MANUFACTURING CO. / SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
ceramic Edison lamp sockets (2): P & S
on central contact of Bryant ceramic Edison lamp socket: BRYANT
on underside of Bryant lamp socket: MADE IN USA
on R 8400 tube socket box: Northern Electric / MADE IN CANADA.
on R 8400 tu e socket: N. E. Co. LIMITED
on lightning arrester, no. AT105 box: JFD
Curatorial RemarksFound near 1997-1-0066 and 1997-1-0065.
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0505
Sylvania
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: RS0368
Andrew Pritchard
Date: 1835-1840
Accessories: objectives (4); oculars (6); lieberkühns (4); stage forceps; bull's eye condenser on stand; spring stage; extra mechanical stage; polarizer; cup diaphragms and holders; substage fork mount; live box; glass troughs (2); concave glass; fish tube holder; case; 2 keys. See also slide micrometers (2) (1088b,c)
Object number: 1088a
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: RS0168
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0501
Date: 1890-1930
Object number: RS0470
Sylvania
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Accessories: brown cardboard box, with handwritten note, "345 on 35"
Object number: RS0369