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Electric exhibit displaying different types of lamps used throughout human history
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Exhibit includes a stone lamp from ancient Babylonia; a crude saucer lamp from southern Europe; a bronze lamp from Rome; a Betty lamp used in colonial New England; a whale oil lamp likely used by an early Chicago family; Edison's first practical lamp; the smallest lamp in the world, used for medical examination inside the human body; and the "largest lamp in the world," used for lighting airports, athletic fields, and in the motion picture industry.
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Title
:
Electric exhibit displaying different types of lamps used throughout human history
Date of Original
:
1933-1934
Identifier
:
COP_17_0001_00014_017.tif
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:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3m902333
Type
:
Image
Rights
:
In copyright
Access
:
Public access
Subject--Topic
Electricity
Exhibition buildings
Lamps
Light
Museum exhibits--Technological innovations
Photographer
:
Hallenbeck
Form
:
Photographs
Color
:
Black and white
Extent
:
9.5 x 7.5 in.
Exhibit
:
General Electric
Building Name
:
Electrical Building
Collection Information
Collection
:
Century of Progress records
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Series
:
Series 17: Iconographics
Box
:
1
Folder
:
14
Repository
:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type
:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location
:
Richard J. Daley Library
Acknowledgements
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Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White
Secretary of State.
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Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
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