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Object/Artifact

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

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Entry/Object ID

1.89.163

Description

Material: stone, wood, metal, rubber. Size: Description: Dustin collection #49 - double pole, quick break switch - rectangular slate base covered with green imitation marble - copper bar switch contacts held together by hinged base and terminal posts at back, and by hard rubber bar at front - spring loaded, wood handled switch bar contacts rubber bar at center to make or break contact with two contact terminal posts screwed to base - rubber bar sheathed with brass at center - stamped into top of sheathing: "The Brooklyn Elec. Mfg. Co., 286 - 290 Graham St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 25 AMP" - stamped into top of switch bar: "Pat. Jan 10, 93". Base drilled for mounting (chipped).

Context

Part of the Fred G. Dustin Collection of Electrical Artifacts. This collection, originally displayed at the 1910 Electric Show in Minneapolis, was kept at Hodgson Hall for many years. In 1988-1989, it was dismantled, cleaned, and some items were taken to...(information has been lost). Transferred to the Bakken Museum in Minneapolis on 11 July 2006.

Cataloged By

Legacy Artifacts Import

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

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Nomenclature Sub-Class

Percussive Weapons

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibitions

Notes

1989 - traveling exhibit

Deaccession

D.1.89.163

Create Date

May 24, 1989

Update Date

November 21, 2024