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Title: Gas oder Elektrizität? : zur Konkurrenz zweier Beleuchtungssysteme, 1880-1914
Date(s): 1979
Contributor(s): Braun, Hans Joachim, 1943- (author)
Hagley ID: 08025423_gas_oder
Collection: Hagley Library Published Collections

Title: Louisiana Purchase Exposition illuminated at night
Date(s): 1904
Contributor(s): Marshall, Thomas Clarence, 1885-1969 (former owner)
Collection ID: Thomas C. Marshall photographs (Accession 1990.270)
Hagley ID: 1990270_0177
Collection: Thomas C. Marshall photographs

Title: Viking Products Corporation display
Date(s): 1934-09-25
Contributor(s): Electrical Association of New York (associated name), Viking Products Corporation (associated name)
Collection ID: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album (Accession 2015.289)
Hagley ID: AVD_2015289_018
Collection: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album

Title: Westinghouse displays
Date(s): 1934-09-25
Contributor(s): Electrical Association of New York (associated name), Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (associated name)
Collection ID: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album (Accession 2015.289)
Hagley ID: AVD_2015289_016
Collection: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album

Title: Electric hand lantern, Genesy Electric Lantern Co, Kansas City
Date(s): 1925-08-28
Contributor(s): Pennsylvania Railroad (Corporate Name) (originator)
Collection ID: Pennsylvania Railroad negative collection (Accession 1993.300)
Hagley ID: PRR_06989
Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad negatives

Title: Electric hand lantern, Economy Electric Lantern Co, Chicago, Ecolite
Date(s): 1925-08-28
Contributor(s): Pennsylvania Railroad (Corporate Name) (originator)
Collection ID: Pennsylvania Railroad negative collection (Accession 1993.300)
Hagley ID: PRR_06991
Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad negatives

Title: Electric hand lantern, Adams and Westlake Co. Adlake 6, side view
Date(s): 1924
Contributor(s): Pennsylvania Railroad (Corporate Name) (originator)
Collection ID: Pennsylvania Railroad negative collection (Accession 1993.300)
Hagley ID: PRR_06755
Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad negatives

Title: Electric hand lantern, Electric Lantern Co 'Handy', side view
Date(s): 1924
Contributor(s): Pennsylvania Railroad (Corporate Name) (originator)
Collection ID: Pennsylvania Railroad negative collection (Accession 1993.300)
Hagley ID: PRR_06757
Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad negatives

Title: Electric hand lantern, Genesy Electric Lantern Co #1, side and bottom view
Date(s): 1924
Contributor(s): Pennsylvania Railroad (Corporate Name) (originator)
Collection ID: Pennsylvania Railroad negative collection (Accession 1993.300)
Hagley ID: PRR_06754
Collection: Pennsylvania Railroad negatives

Title: Adventures in electricity : the story of light
Date(s): 1949
Contributor(s): General Electric Company (originator), Roussos, George, 1915-2000 (artist), General Comics, Inc. (copyright claimant)
Collection ID: Trade catalogs and pamphlets (Pam 2017.1082)
Hagley ID: PAM_20171082
Collection: Promotional comic books

Title: The Story of Light
Date(s): 1954
Contributor(s): General Electric Company (Sponsor), Transfilm, Inc. (Production company)
Description: Stop-motion animated film providing an overview of humanity's use of electricity throughout history. The film begins with the Biblical story of Creation and continues through to the "present" day. Shows civilizations like the Greeks and Egyptians using fire, Europeans using candles, Edison demonstrating how an incandescent light bulb functions, etc. Film has a limited narrative that focuses on Western culture and Christianity. Production: Joop Geesink; story: Joseph S. Forest; design: Jan...
Show moreStop-motion animated film providing an overview of humanity's use of electricity throughout history. The film begins with the Biblical story of Creation and continues through to the "present" day. Shows civilizations like the Greeks and Egyptians using fire, Europeans using candles, Edison demonstrating how an incandescent light bulb functions, etc. Film has a limited narrative that focuses on Western culture and Christianity. Production: Joop Geesink; story: Joseph S. Forest; design: Jan Coolen, Henk Kabos; Photography: Frans Hendrix, Jozsef Misik; music: Stanley Bate, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Muir Mathieson.
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Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC011
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: NOMA Electric Corp. display
Date(s): 1934-09-25
Contributor(s): Electrical Association of New York (associated name), NOMA Electric Corporation (associated name)
Collection ID: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album (Accession 2015.289)
Hagley ID: AVD_2015289_035
Collection: National Electrical and Radio Exposition album

Title: Elizabeth (Mathieu) Graff
Date(s): 1884
Contributor(s): Taylor, William Curtis, 1825-1905 (photographer), Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (former owner)
Description: Photograph by electric light at the International Electric Exhibition of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
Collection ID: P.S. du Pont Longwood photograph collection (Accession 1969.002)
Hagley ID: 1969_2_D5B2_056
Collection: P.S. du Pont Longwood photographs

Title: Light fixture in PSFS Building
Date(s): 1933/1950, 1933, 1950
Contributor(s): Philadelphia Saving Fund Society (originator)
Collection ID: Philadelphia Saving Fund Society and Western Savings Bank photograph collection (Accession 1993.302)
Hagley ID: 93302_box6_163
Collection: PSFS Building

Title: Light fixture for PSFS Building
Date(s): 1927/1933, 1927, 1933
Contributor(s): Philadelphia Saving Fund Society (originator), Howe & Lescaze (designer)
Collection ID: Philadelphia Saving Fund Society and Western Savings Bank photograph collection (Accession 1993.302)
Hagley ID: 93302_box6_153
Collection: PSFS Building

Title: Typical light fixture in PSFS Building
Date(s): 1932?, 1932
Contributor(s): Philadelphia Saving Fund Society (originator), Dooner, Richard T. (photographer)
Description: On verso: 'Typical Light Fixture (Possibly Dooner Photo)
Collection ID: Philadelphia Saving Fund Society and Western Savings Bank photograph collection (Accession 1993.302)
Hagley ID: 93302_box6_162
Collection: PSFS Building

Title: Typical office fixture for PSFS Building
Date(s): 1932-09-04
Contributor(s): Philadelphia Saving Fund Society (originator), Howe & Lescaze (architect)
Description: Typical Office Fixture; Sketch 75; 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia; Howe and Lescaze, Architects
Collection ID: Philadelphia Saving Fund Society and Western Savings Bank photograph collection (Accession 1993.302)
Hagley ID: 93302_box6_112
Collection: PSFS Building

Title: Scene from Flash of Darkness episode with General Electric light bulb commercial
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): General Electric Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Boone, Richard (Actor)
Description: One scene from an episode of the television series "Medic" titled "Flash of Darkness." Dr. Snyder and his colleagues are in a warehouse for a training session when an atomic bomb devastates Los Angeles. The scene is followed by a commercial for General Electric's new deluxe pink lightbulbs.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC096
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: On-to-Nela: Part 2
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): General Electric Company (Sponsor)
Description: Additional scenes from the 1935 NELA (National Electric Lamp Association) Camp in Cleveland, Ohio. Participants barbecue, drink beer, eat, play games, feed a goat, watch a variety show, and attend the 1935 Major League Baseball All Star Game.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC105
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Mister Magoo Magoofs
Date(s): 1962
Contributor(s): General Electric Company (Sponsor), Fred A. Niles Communications Centers (Production company)
Description: Film presented by the General Electric Large Lamp Department geared towards light bulb retailers. Intended to help increase light bulb sales and profits from February 12th to March 11th, 1962. Encourages retailers not to "magoof" by refusing to take advantage of GE's new Mister Magoo promotional materials. Shows an example of a Mister Magoo GE commercial.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC116
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: On-to-Nela
Date(s): 1935
Contributor(s): General Electric Company (Sponsor)
Description: Scenes from the 1935 NELA (National Electric Lamp Association) Camp in Cleveland, Ohio. Groups gather "to discuss problems of the lamp and lighting business" and to enjoy leisure activities. This includes spending time with goats.
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC017
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Thomas A. Edison
Date(s): 1923
Contributor(s): General Electric Company (Sponsor)
Description: Silent film honoring Thomas Edison 44 years after the invention of the first commercially viable and practical incandescent light bulb. Documents Edison's visits to G.E.'s Edison Lamp Works in Harrison, New Jersey and to the G.E. industrial Research Facility in Schenectady, New York. He is given tours, shown various experiments in action, and meets with other inventors and scientists. Dr. W.R. Whitney, Dr. W.D. Coolidge, Dr. Irving Langmuir, and Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz are featured. Includes...
Show moreSilent film honoring Thomas Edison 44 years after the invention of the first commercially viable and practical incandescent light bulb. Documents Edison's visits to G.E.'s Edison Lamp Works in Harrison, New Jersey and to the G.E. industrial Research Facility in Schenectady, New York. He is given tours, shown various experiments in action, and meets with other inventors and scientists. Dr. W.R. Whitney, Dr. W.D. Coolidge, Dr. Irving Langmuir, and Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz are featured. Includes footage of new G.E. lightbulb production.
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Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC018
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Selling Our Strength
Date(s): 1958
Contributor(s): General Electric Company (Sponsor), General Pictures Corporation (prn)
Description: A variety of General Electric managers discuss the strength of the company's lamps and provide an overview of how sales staff can convince consumers to purchase G.E. products. Presented by the G.E. Large Lamp Department.
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC019
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: New York World's Fair Progressland raw footage
Date(s): 1964
Contributor(s): General Electric Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company)
Description: Raw footage of "Progressland," General Electric's exhibit at the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair.
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC023
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Large Lamp Newsreel
Date(s): 1965
Contributor(s): General Electric Company (Sponsor), General Pictures Corporation (Production company)
Description: A General Electric-sponsored newsreel promoting a variety of company products. Includes segments on the Power Groove fluorescent lamp, Quartzline incandescent lamp, panel fluorescent light, and the multi-vapor and 175-watt mercury light bulbs. Produced by the Large Lamp Department.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC298
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

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