darkroom timer
Datecirca 1960
Inventory Number2015-1-0004
ClassificationTimer
Subject
Maker
Industrial Timer Corporation
founded 1938
User
George Wald
1906 - 1997
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Place of Use
Dimensions12.7 × 13 × 10.6 cm (5 × 5 1/8 × 4 3/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionTimer labeled "Professional / TIME-O-LITE." There is a toggle switch (labeled T / F) and a reset button on the front panel above this label, which is golden in color. The rest of the housing is dark gray.
115 volts, 60 cycles, 35 watts. load rating to 1000 watts.
On right side of the housing, there is another golden panel with two large sockets for electrical plugs. One is labeled "SAFELIGHT" and the other, "ENLARGER." A smaller socket is labeled "REMOTE START." The electrical cable also exits the box from this panel and has a three-pronged plug.
The white dial on the front is divided 0-60 seconds every 1 second. There is a metal index with round plastic handle that rotates and serves as the stop. A red index rotates to show the elapsed time.
115 volts, 60 cycles, 35 watts. load rating to 1000 watts.
On right side of the housing, there is another golden panel with two large sockets for electrical plugs. One is labeled "SAFELIGHT" and the other, "ENLARGER." A smaller socket is labeled "REMOTE START." The electrical cable also exits the box from this panel and has a three-pronged plug.
The white dial on the front is divided 0-60 seconds every 1 second. There is a metal index with round plastic handle that rotates and serves as the stop. A red index rotates to show the elapsed time.
Signedon rear metal label: INDUSTRIAL TIMER CORPORATION / NEWARK, N. J. MADE IN U.S.A.
Inscribedon rear metal label: MODEL P-59
in red paint on top: # C
on front label: T / F [in lens-shaped mark]
ProvenanceGeorge Wald, Harvard University; Daniel Jay, Tufts University School of Medicine; gift to CHSI, 2015.
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