Name/Title
Early Purple lightbulb, Hall of the Knights of Pythas, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
2020.65.3Description
Acc. No. 20.65.3
Subject Category: Fraternities / Clubs; Knights of Pythias?
Date or Period: c. early 1900s
Object: lightbulb
Description: early lightbulb, painted purple. No markings. Top appears to have had a point which has broken off.
Some of the paint has flaked or worn off.
Size: L 5 inches
History: lightbulb found in a drawer of a desk, which was once stood in the Hall of the Knights of Pythias, on Oak Street. Desk was bought by William Chun, and moved to storage in the 1970s, where it got eaten by rats.
Acquired from: Ted R. Chun
on behalf of Bill Chun Service
Cataloged: 10/25/2020