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I
have not had much time to get many items in the forsale area below.
Please keep checking back as I will start adding more items soon.
Items
For Sale
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Socket
& Electrical Manufacturer's Items And Their History
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GECO
Sockets
This section will allow you to date and learn
how to tell one GECO socket from the other.
Hubbell
This is where this site started from. Since this page
was done, there has been much more Hubbell history and information
found which will make for a complete redesign of this page and section
in the soon future.
Hubbell Patents
This section has some early patent research on Hubbell.
It is mostly complete with only a few missing patents which will be
added in when this section is re done into the new format
Wheeler Reflector
Co.
A history of The Wheeler Reflector Company and tips
on how to tell if mirror has been replaced on a shade
Other Manufacturers
This section is a lot of incomplete
work and will be updated shortly. For now it serves to give you some
extended information on some companies, but will be a much better
tool when it is complete
NEC
This section is everything you ever wanted to know about the National
Electrical Code (NEC) but had no one to ask. Downloads of old NEC's,
meetings and much extended information is provided.
Cord Balls & Adjusters
My cord pendant adjuster project, as well as
a good history about them.
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Tutorial
And Early Lighting History
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The Lighting Time Table
To
read the entire tutorial, you can just click on the first link and
then continue to the next section at the bottom of each page. Or,
you can select links below of interest to you.
PRE 1900 SECTION
Overcoming Obstacles
About Early Electric Lighting, Generators, Arc Lamps,
The First Edison Socket, Menlo Park, etc.
The
First Fixtures
About The Start Of The First Incandescent Lighting
Fixtures
Light
Reflection
About Early Light Bulbs And Candle Power vs. WATTS
Edison-Bergmann
About Sigmund Bergmann And The Start Of Bergmann
And Company Lighting Fixtures
Lighting
Break Down
A Quick Break Down Of Different Lighting Time Periods
Styles
1881 to 1884
Bergmann Fixtures And Styles
Other
Pre-1888 Styles
About Early Companies That Sold Lighting Systems
And The Fixtures That They Sold With Their Lighting Systems
The
U.S. Elect. Co.
The United States Electric Company History And Early
Items
The
Brush Elect. Co.
The Brush Electric Company History And Early Items
Thomson-Houston
The Thomson-Houston Electric Company History And
Early Items
Westinghouse
About The Westinghouse Manufacturing Company History
And Early Mergers
Mid
1880's Styles
About The Start Of Electrical Supply Houses and
how new lighting styles came about
Pre
1900 Sockets
About Early Light Sockets And How To Tell The Difference
1887
New Items
1888
New Items
1890
New Items
1891
New Items
1892
New Items
1893
New Items
1894-1896
Items
1897
New Items
1898
New Items
1899
New Items
Above are catalog items sold in different years. There is no space
to duplicate items, so only new and unique items from each year
are shown. You would need to view the catalogs for yourself to be
complete as I am only highlighting items. You can view catalogs
here.
EXTRA INFO
Victor
Shade Holder
About The Victor Shade Holder, Atwood And The Standard
Holder
I.P.
Frink 1899 Items
About
Frink & Wheeler
New
Wheeler Inverted
Three Links About Mirror Reflector Manufacturers
And Their Items And History.
Wheeler Reflector
Co.
NEW - A history of The
Wheeler Reflector Company and tips on how to tell if mirror has
been replaced on a shade
Early Desk Lamps
Some Help In Telling Them Apart
Vitrite And Luminoid
About The Vitrite Holders And Early Vitrite History
Brush-Swan Holder
About Brush-Swan Shade Holders
Cord
Balls
My cord pendant adjuster project, as well as a good
history about them.
POST 1900 SECTION
About
1900 Styles
This section covers a basic into into the 1900 section
covering information about the 1899 transition, electrical code
changes, lighting influence, sharing and licensing of patents and
then into the new section of electrical specialty manufacturers,
Electrical Specialty Manufacturers
Harvey
Hubbell
This section covers some early history periods of
pre Hubbell-Grier, Hubbell-Grier, Harvey Hubbell, Hubbell Company.
It also covers a number of items that helped change lighting styles,
Benjamin
This section covers some early history periods for
the Benjamin Electric MFG. Co, as well as a small section on Dale
and The Federal Electric Company
Dale
Federal
Electric
This post 1900 section continues to be under current
construction
Please Check Back.
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Patent(s)
Assigned To:
Henry
C. Baer, of New York N.Y.
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| Patent
No. / Links |
Description
/ Notes |
Patent
Picture
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| 759586 |
CLUSTER
SWITCH |
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Patent
Class:
200/411 |
Inventor:
Henry C. Baer
Patent Applied For: 11/09/03
Patent Approved On:
05/10/1904
Witnesses:
C. J. Kintner
V. B. Kintner |
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fixture switch that only required a little space to install. |
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Patent(s)
Assigned To:
Charles
Bakeley, of Covington Kentucky
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| Patent
No. / Links |
Description
/ Notes |
Patent
Picture
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| 748338 |
SOCKET
FOR INCANDECENT ELECTRIC LAMPS |
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Patent
Class:
439/666 |
Inventor:
Charles Bakeley
Assigned To:
Charles Bakeley, of Covington Kentucky
Charles Akers, of Covington Kentucky
Patent Applied For: 06/18/1903
Patent Approved On:
12/29/1903
Witnesses:
Ben Bieckersham
Louis Timmerding
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lamp socket allowed for sliding the terminal wires into a tube
and screw them into place using a bolt. |
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Patent(s)
Assigned To:
Charles
Hammond Balsley, of Connellsville Pennsylvania
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| Patent
No. / Links |
Description
/ Notes |
Patent
Picture
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| 531288 |
INCANDECENT
ELECTRIC LAMP
SOCKET |
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Patent
Class:
200/51R ; 200/560 |
Inventor:
Charles Hammond Balsley
Assigned To:
Charles Hammond Balsley, of Connellsville Pennsylvania
G. W. Bryner, of Connellsville Pennsylvania
Patent Applied For: 04/20/1894
Patent Approved On:
12/18/1894
Witnesses:
Geo. W. Bryner
B. F. Porter
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Patent(s)
Assigned To:
Frederic
Barr, of New York N.Y.
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If you know what
manufacturing company Frederic Barr worked for, or any information
about him, please send what you have so that we can update this information
page about him. There are far to many patents from him not to be a
more well know inventor.
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Patent(s)
Assigned To:
John
G. Barrett, of Chicago Illinois
Edmond M. Kennealy, of Chicago Illinois
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| Patent
No. / Links |
Description
/ Notes |
Patent
Picture
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| 1033347 |
ELECTRIC
LAMP |
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Patent
Class:
200/51.07 |
Inventor:
William A. Richardson of Chicago Illinois
Assigned To:
John G. Barrett, of Chicago Illinois
Edmond M. Kennealy, of Chicago Illinois
Patent Applied For: 07/03/1911
Patent Approved On:
07/23/1912
Witnesses:
Helen F. Lillis
Josha R. H. Potts
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