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Electric exhibit displaying different types of lamps used throughout human history

 

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.

About this item


Title:
Electric exhibit displaying different types of lamps used throughout human history
Date of Original:
1933-1934
Identifier:
COP_17_0001_00014_017.tif
Permalink:
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
Show more details:
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


Acknowledgements
Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White
Secretary of State.


Geographic Information

Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)