Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
UER.2015.001 |
Object Identification Number |
UER.2015.001.001c |
Object Name |
Bulb, Light |
Donor |
Thomsen, John |
Description |
Light bulb that goes with slide projector (.001a). Cylindrical, long, narrow. The glass tube has printed at the top in brown lettering "PROJECTION BURN BASE DOWN / MAZDA / GE / 200W 120V". Inside is an intricate series of glass and metal components. At the base is a metal cap with a black bottom and a silver metal bottom center. |
Dimensions |
L-5.5 Dia-1.25 inches |
Creation Date |
ca. 1920s-1930s? |
Place Of Origin |
USA/ |
Owned By |
Thomsen, Frederik Vilhelm/Thomsen, F.W. |
Used By |
Thomsen, Frederik Vilhelm/Thomsen, F.W. |
Material |
glass/metal |
Associated People |
Thomsen, Frederik Vilhelm Thomsen, F.W. |
Search Terms |
Thomsen, Frederik Vilhelm Thomsen, F.W. slide projector art Bausch & Lomb Optical Company Rochester, New York General Electric |
Provenance |
This projector belonged to F.W. Thomsen, an artist. Frederik Vilhelm (William) Thomsen was the donor's father. Thomsen was born June 29, 1906 in Hjørring, Denmark, married in 1939, and died January 6, 1991. After immigrating on the Oscar II in June 1912 at the age of six, Thomsen settled in Racine, Wisconsin with his family. He taught at St. Olaf in Northfield, Minnesota, and became Professor of Art at Dana College in Blair, Nebraska in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Previously he had served a parish in Moorhead, Iowa, where he helped design and build Bethesda Lutheran Church. He pastored there for ten years while commuting to Blair to teach art. In 1955, Thomsen and his wife and two sons moved to Blair. He retired as Professor Emeritus of Art in 1975. F.W. Thomsen attended the Cleveland Art Institute in Ohio and St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He receive a master of fine art from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Thomsen also graduated from Trinity Seminary at Dana College in Blair, Nebraska. Much of Thomsen's own work was religious in theme. His wife's name was Orpa B. Andersen Thomsen (1910-2006). He and his wife are buried in Ruskin, Nebraska. |
Images |
256\UER2015001001c.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
01/07/2015 |