Cream and amber celluloid lamp, 1938.

Made:: 1938 in Chicago

Cream and amber celluloid lamp modelled after the beacon on the
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Cream and amber celluloid lamp modelled after the beacon on the Empire State Building, with fluorescent tube, made in America, 1938

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Category:: Plastics and Modern Materials

Object Number:: 1979-624/16

Materials:: cellulose nitrate and celluloid

Measurements:: height 525 mm
diameter 170 mm
fluorescent tube: length 420 mm

type:: lamps and celluloid

credit:: Jesse, J

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Cream and amber celluloid lamp, 1938.

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