Object Details
Description (Brief)
This is a carbide mining lamp manufactured by the Friemann and Wolf Company, of Zwickau, Germany around 1910. The Friemann and Wolf Company was a prominent lamp manufacturer that exported lamps to the U.S. until World War I, when buying German items became unpopular. Worn on a miner's cap, the reflector behind the flame cast a wide range of light, improving the miner’s peripheral vision.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Georgia Stratton Ziffzer
ID Number
AG.062401
catalog number
062401
accession number
239748
Object Name
lamp, acetylene, mining
mining lamp
Measurements
overall: 8 in x 5 in x 4 3/4 in; 20.32 cm x 12.7 cm x 12.065 cm
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Work and Industry: Mining
Mining Lamps
Work
Industry & Manufacturing
Natural Resources
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_872185