LAMP

Description: LIGHT BULB SCREWED INTO SOCKET WITH ADJUSTABLE CLAMP AND CLOTH ELECTRICAL CORD - 2 PIECES. 1. LIGHT BULB, STANDARD. 60 W/ 120 V BULB. MARKED "CO-OP" AT THE TOP. FROSTED GLASS WITH THREADED METAL CONNECTOR. 9.8 CM HIGH BY 5.3 CM IN DIAMETER. 2. SOCKET AND CLAMP SET. METAL LIGHT SOCKET WITH PUSH BUTTON ON/OFF SWITCH. MARKED, "LEVITON, PATENTED". OLD PAPER LABEL IS PEELING OFF. AROUND THE SOCKET IS AN OPEN RING THAT ATTACHES TO A DOUBLE ENDED BALL JOINT. THE OTHER END OF THE BALL JOINT ATTACHES TO A CLAMP WITH A SPRING MECHANISM. YELLOW PIECES OF SPONGE ARE ATTACHED TO BOTH ENDS OF THE CLAMP WITH BLACK ELECTRICAL TAPE. THE CORD COMING OUT OF THE SOCKET IS TWISTED AND COVERED IN SOILED, WHITE CLOTH. THE PLUG IS BLACK RUBBER AND HAS TWO METAL PRONGS. 7.5 CM HIGH BY 750.0 CM LONG BY 23.8 CM WIDE.

History: ACCORDING TO THE DONOR, WENDY AITKENS IN AN INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, IN JULY OF 2011, "MY DAD [WALLY JAMIESON] WAS ALWAYS TINKERING ON ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, HIS CAR AND THE HOUSE. THE TROUBLE LIGHT WAS WITH HIM AT EVERY JOB. IT ALWAYS HUNG OVER HIS WORK BENCH. LOTS OF HIS REPAIR WORK NEEDED BRIGHT LIGHT. I LIKED HOW VERSATILE THE LAMP WAS. HE ADDED THE FOAM LIKELY TO PROTECT SOMETHING IT WAS ATTACHED TO FROM SCRATCHES. HE PROBABLY PURCHASED THE LAMP AT A HOME APPLIANCE STORE; PROBABLY THE STORE THAT WAS HALF OWNED BY HIS PARTNER MR. BARRETT." JAMIESON WAS OFTEN HELPING WITH ELECTRICAL REPAIRS. THE DONOR REMEMBERS, "MY DAD HELPED LANNY [AITKENS' HUSBAND] AND I WITH THE ELECTRICAL WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR NEW HOUSE IN CALGARY. HE DIDN'T ALWAYS TAKE THE PRECAUTIONS I WOULD HAVE. HE GOT SHOCKED ONCE. I REMEMBER HE USED MILES AND MILES OF ELECTRICAL TAPE FOR REPAIRS. IT WAS HIS DUCT TAPE." FOR FAMILY HISTORY SEE P20090030001.