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An example of a banker's lamp. The banker's lamp is a style of electric desk or table lamp often characterized by a brass stand, green glass lamp shade, and pull-chain switch. Such a lamp was first patented in the United States under the Emeralite brand name. Banker's lamps have become iconic, often used in libraries and offices in films and TV ...
Eyeshades. Green eyeshades or dealer's visors are a type of visor that were worn most often from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century by accountants, telegraphers, copy editors, and others engaged in vision-intensive, detail-oriented occupations to lessen eye strain [1] due to early incandescent lights and candles, which tended to be harsh (the classic banker's lamp had a green shade ...
I would guess bankers' lamps are green for the same reason as Green eyeshades: to protect from the harshness of early incandescent lamps. AlmostReadytoFly 15:30, 3 March 2008 (UTC) Thanks for the info. Sounds reasonable, and I think that'll quell my curiosity. jdstroy 01:28, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Handel Company lamp design (1900–1930) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art [1]. The Eydam and Handel Company, or Adolph Eydam and Philip Handel Company, was formed in 1885, until partnership broke up in 1892 when Eydam moved to rival company of C. F. Monroe (Eydam returned in 1915 to head up decorating department).
Peter Cooper Hewitt (May 5, 1861 – August 25, 1921) was an American electrical engineer and inventor, who invented the first mercury-vapor lamp in 1901. [1] Hewitt was issued U.S. patent 682,692 on September 17, 1901. [2]
Krauss, trained as a history teacher, said her earliest political memories are of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. She said she is disturbed by the administration's direction.
Jon Stewart railed against sweeping cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — and suffered one of his own in the process — during an impassioned monologue on “The Daily Show ...
Note 7] The Fostoria Shade and Lamp company was the largest manufacturer of lamp shades in the United States. [54] In November, concern over a tariff caused wholesalers and resellers to pause buying glassware, forcing manufacturers to put employees on half time so the company would not be overloaded with unsold products.
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