C'mon gang! What are you waitin' for? "How many curators does it take to change a light bulb?" Winner of contest gets a remaindered out of date edition of Chenhall! ---------- > From: William Low <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: light bulb question > Date: Thursday, February 12, 1998 2:45 PM > > Don't throw that lightbulb away! I think it may be the one that went on > over Mr. Hoover's head and was then used in numerous cartoon sequences on > TV. A valuable find. Since it doesn't have a number you don't have to > deacession - I'll bet Christies could find a spot in their next auction. > > Bill Low > [log in to unmask] > > > > > Hello all. > > > We've had the unfortunate experience of having found a small light bulb > > in our collection in a small cardboard typewriter ribbon box ( It's a GE > > 15w 120v bulb and about 3" long). It has no accession number on it and > > we cannot find any such object in our card catalog. I'm sure we're the > > only museum ever that's found unnumbered objects on a shelf in the > > collection, right? :-) > > > > Anyway, we need to determine if it's a museum piece or a small light bulb > > that somebody took out of an exhibit case and set on a shelf. Have light > > bulbs changed since, say 1930 or 1950, in any way that's noticeable to > > the average person? > > > > Perhaps it could be a bulb that lights the dial on a BIG radio or something > > like that, but there's no documentation of it with any of the possible > > electronic items in our collections, so I'm thinking all we can do is assume > > that it's a museum piece and catalog it with a new number and the note > > "of unknown origin--found in the collection" and hope someone figures it > > out someday. Any advice? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Chris. > > > > Christine Mouw > > Assistant Curator > > Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum > > West Branch, Iowa 52358 > > [log in to unmask] > >