Bulb, Light
- Object Name:
- Bulb, Light
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.614
- Creator:
- General Electric Company
- Place of Origin:
- Harrison, NJ
- Date:
- circa 1915
- Description:
- Light bulb in original box, from a drugstore. Glass bulb. Top section frosted; lower two-thirds transparent, tinted gray. Pointed top. Glass etched "EDISON / MAZDA" near base. Oval paper label adhered to glass near base: "GE / 100W / EDISON / MAZDA / 110 V / 08 / 06". Brass base; upper section stamped "PAT. NOV.8.1904 / NOV.22.1904"; lower section threaded. Bulb wrapped in corrugated cardboard with patent dates printed in red, 1904-1913. In original brown paperboard box, printed in blue and yellow on all sides. Front: "His Only / Rival / [image of sun, earth, and light bulb] / EDISON / MAZDA / [GE logo]". Left side: same text and image as front, plus "GENERAL SALES OFFICE / EDISON LAMP WORKS / OF GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY / HARRISON, N. J. / 100 WATT / BOWL FROST / 110 / VOLTS / THIS / CARTON / CONTAINS / ONE LAMP". Right side: patent dates from 1904 to 1913. Back: similar to front. Top flap: "The lamp contained herein / is manufactured by the / EDISON LAMP WORKS / of GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, / which sells its MAZDA, GEM and tantalum lamps exclusively / through its own Branches / and Agents, direct to the / Consumer except when / such lamps are sold to / Central Lighting Stations." Bottom flap: "EDISON / MAZDA / THE GUARANTEE / OF EXCELLENCE / IN INCANDESCENT / LAMPS".
- Material:
- Glass
Paper
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-7.1 Dia-3.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection also includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to NHHS library (1992-068).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood
- Subjects:
- Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Drugstores, Light bulbs
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