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35 bulbs

Date: 20th Century
Inventory Number: 2008-1-0237
Classification: Light Bulb
Subject:
electricity,
Maker: Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. (1924-present)
Cultural Region:
United States,
Place of Origin:
Danvers,
Dimensions:
NOT AVAILABLE
Material:
glass, paper, brass,
DescriptionA selection of 34 average sized incandescent bulbs with Edison-style brass screw mounts (all appear to be made of similar dark red glass, possibly for photographic use) and one light-colored floodlamp-style bulb.

(1) a group of six incandescent bulbs; three bulbs in protective packaging, and three dark red glass bulbs, all with standard, Edison-style brass mounts.

(2) a group of six incandescent bulbs; four bulbs in protective packaging (unmarked, except for one with illegible handwritten inscription), and two dark red glass bulbs, all with standard, Edison-style mounts.

(3) a group of seven incandescent bulbs; five in protective packaging (one package with illegible handwritten inscription, one labeled, "Sylvania Lamps / (Sylvania logo) / Sylvania Electrica Products Inc. / Salem, Mass. "; and two dark red glass bulbs, all with standard, Edison-style mounts.

(4) large floodlamp-type bulb, in protective packaging labeled, "Sylvania Lamps / (Sylvania logo) / Sylvania Electrica Products Inc. / Salem, Mass. / Formerly Hygrade Sylvania Corporation"

(5) a group of fifteen incandescent bulbs, thirteen of them in protective packaging, mostly labeled, "Sylvania Lamps / (Sylvania logo) / Sylvania Electrica Products Inc. / Salem, Mass. / Formerly Hygrade Sylvania Corporation"; three loose bulbs are dark red; all have standard, Edison-style mounts.


Signedsome unsigned, some signed: Sylvania
InscribedA selection of 34 bulbs, only some marked. (1) bulb labeled: Sylvania Lamps / (Sylvania logo) / Sylvania Electrica Products Inc. / Salem, Mass.; (2) floodlamp labeled: Sylvania Lamps / (Sylvania logo) / Sylvania Electrica Products Inc. / Salem, Mass. / Formerly Hygrade Sylvania Corporation; (3) incandescent bulbs labeled: Sylvania Lamps / (Sylvania logo) / Sylvania Electrica Products Inc. / Salem, Mass. / Formerly Hygrade Sylvania Corporation
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