Heany Tungsten Lamp, 1908

Artifact

Incandescent Lamp (Lighting device component)

Date Made

1908

Creators

Heany Tungsten Lamp Company 

Place of Creation

United States, Pennsylvania, York 

Creator Notes

Made by Heany Tungsten Lamp Company in York, Pennsylvania.

Keywords

United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 

United States, New York 

Incandescent lamps (Lighting device components) 

Light bulbs 

Lighting 

Hammer, William Joseph, 1858-1934 

Heany, Allen R. 

Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) 

Collection Title

William J. Hammer Historical Collection of Incandescent Electric Lamps 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

29.1980.529.710

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Edison Pioneers.

Material

Tungsten
Glass (Material)
Wood (Plant material)

Inscriptions

MARKINGS ON LAMP: -volts-cp. Heany tungsten lamp York, PA 1.2 watts per U.S. candle and license marks. (Heany label in stem tube) on top of bulb: 710 on sticker: ___ Volts ____ C. P./ Heany Tungsten Lamp. York, Pa./... on label inside stem: HEANY on top of bulb in pencil: June 17 08 / W.J.H. / I [?] out of / 6 brought from / York Pa Phila & NY Eastern tour