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FlashCubes

Object Name3 Camera Flash Cubes in Original Box

Manufacturer General Electric Company (f. 1892)

Made FromGlass, Plastic, Metal, Zirconium Wire, Magnesium or Aluminum Filaments

Dateafter 1964

TechniqueMachine-made, assembled

Size(a-c) Each Cube H: 3.5 cm, W: 2.8 cm, D: 2.8 cm; (d) Box H: 12.7 cm, W: 8.9 cm, D: 3 cm

Accession Number2022.4.22

Credit LineGift of GE Lighting, a Savant Company

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Place Made

United States

Physical Description3 "FlashCube" Camera Flash Cubes in Original Box. (a-c) Three primarily plastic camera flash cubes. Each cube holds four cylindrical tube lights with zirconium wires and magnesium or aluminum filaments set within a transparent blue square plastic top fixed to green plastic base. (d) Primarily yellow cardboard box with image of young girl with her harms around the neck of an older man.
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