Lamp bulb, incandescent

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OBJECT TYPE: TUNGSTEN/GAS/BAYONET BASE/AUTO
DATE: 1928
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0732.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
MODEL: 1110
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS BULBS WITH METAL BASES, TUNGSTEN FILAMENTS/ CARDBOARD PROTECTORS & BOX

Dimensions

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

Length: 5.5 cm
Width: 3.2 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Automotive parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: General Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1929 +
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER INAUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHT LAMP.
Technical: EARLY MAZDA C LAMP WITH DUAL FILAMENTS FOR DOUBLING CANDLE POWER REQUIRED FOR HIGHER HEADLIGHT ILLUMINATION BEING PROMOTED BY AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY OF PERIOD (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .3 &.5 BLUE LETTERING READING "EDISON/ MAZDA/ LAMPS/ CANADIAN/ GENERAL ELECTRIC"; "EDISON/ MAZDA/ LAMPS/ for your car"; "EDISON/ MAZDA/ LAMPS/ Carry a Handy/ Kit of Spares"; patent info/.6 "EDISON/ MAZDA/ LAMPS"; "edison/ MAZDA-1110/ HEADLIGHT/ 6-8 Volt 21 C.P./ 0.5 ase S 10 Bulb/ 10 MAZDA LAMPS"; "The EDISON MAZDA Lamps Contained Herein Are/ Manufactured by/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., LIMITED/ Which sells its EDISON MAZDA Lamps exclusively through its own/ Branches and Agents direct to the Consumer./ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., LIMITED/ TORONTO/ MADE IN CANADA", WITH PATENT INFO
Missing: CARDBOARD PROTECTOR FOR .1/ .6 BOX IS FRAGILE - TORN AT ONE END, WITH TOP & END FLAPS TORN OFF
Finish: COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS; GOLD COLOURED BASES/ YELLOW & DARK BLUE BOX & PROTECTOR
Decoration: .3 &.5 ILLUSTRATIONS OF CANDLE, LAMPS IN BOX, 2 HUMAN FIGURES/.6 ILLUSTRATIONS OF BULB & SUN

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Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., Lamp bulb, incandescent, circa 1928, Artifact no. 1997.0732, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0732.001/

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