- Title : Friction flashlight
- Artist: Unknown, Designer Philips & Co. Manufacturer
- Accession: 86.13.27
- Country: Netherlands Amsterdam
- Date: circa 1940
- Dimensions: Inches 3-1/2 3-3/8 1-1/4, Centimeters 8.9 8.6 3.2
- Collection: Object
- Category: Industrial Design
- Collection Theme: Art Deco
- Subject: Lighting/Lighting Design , Industrial Design , Metal/Metal Design
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: 86.13.27.JPG
- Tags: Industrial Design~Art Deco
Description:
Aluminum hand-held flashlight; retractable black plastic handle serving as an on switch when squeezed (friction).