Lamp, electric

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OBJECT TYPE: TABLE/FLUORESCENT/BI-POST
DATE: 1946
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0209.001

MANUFACTURER: Stocker & Yale Inc.
MODEL: LITE-MITE
LOCATION: Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST METAL STAND; METAL, GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS; RUBBER (?) COVERED ELECTRICAL CORD & PLUG.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 20.0 cm
Width: 17.0 cm
Height: 43.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Lighting Technology
Category: Lighting devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Stocker Yale
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Marblehead

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF LAMP USED C. 1946+.
Canada: THIS COMBINATION LAMP AND OPTICAL MAGNIFIER WAS USED IN CANADA.
Function: TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LIGHT, AND OPTIONAL MAGNIFICATION, FOR INDOOR USE AT WORKSTATION (IE. DESK, WORK TABLE, ETC).
Technical: ONE OF THE EARLIEST DESIGNS OF STOCKER & YALE, INC. WAS THE MITELITE SERIES OF COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTS SUCH AS MICROSCOPE ILLUMINATORS, TASK LIGHTS, AND ILLUMINATION MAGNIFIERS. LAMP STAND SUPPORT IS ARTICULATED TOP, MIDDLE AND AT BASE, TO ALLOW FOR MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Decal on lamp top reads "Lite-Mite/ Stocker & Yale, Inc./ Marblehead, MASS./ 115V- 60CY-.14 AMP." "WHITE HORSE" cast in raised letters on cap beside on-off button. Each fluorescent tube marked "SYLVANIA". "891 A" cast in raised print on underside of lamp base.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: GREEN-GREY WRINKLE FINISH ON LAMP HEAD, STAND SUPPORT AND BASE. OFF-WHITEENAMEL-PAINTED HOUSING FOR WHITE FLUORESCENT TUBES. CORD COVERING & PLUG ARE BROWN.
Decoration: N/A

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