Collections Item Detail
Tin: Five Commercial Auto Fuses; 3 A 20 Amp. Commercial Enclosed Fuse Co., Hoboken, N.J. Original contents present. N.d., ca. late 1920s-1940s.
Object/Artifact
Tin: Five Commercial Auto Fuses; 3 A 20 Amp. Commercial Enclosed Fuse Co., Hoboken, N.J. No date, circa late 1920s-1940s.
Lithographed two-piece metal container, tray with slide (or slip) top, 1-3/4" wide x 1-5/16" high x 1/4" thick. Tray holds original contents of five glass and metal fuses (1 with broken glass); each fuse stamped "20" on one end cap.
Bottom of tray imprinted: Five Commercial Fuses for Safety.
Company street address does not appear on container. Product manufactured in Hoboken where the business was known to be located at 1317-1319 Willow Ave. in the early 1940s. Locations at earlier dates not readily found.
Style of typeface and graphic layout suggests late 1920s or 1930s.
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fuse / electric / electrical / circuit /
2014.001.0076
2014.001
Purchase
Purchase
Museum Collections.
1925 - 1945
Date: 1925-1945
Fair
Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-02-17