Brush Arc Lights in Wanamaker's Department Store - Quotations
Brush Arc Lamp
First Electric Lights in an American Store
(installed 26 Dec 1878)

Brush arc lights in Wanamaker's department store in Philadelphia.

“Miniature moons on carbon points, held captive in glass globes.”
A description of the "wonder of 1878":
an installation of Brush arc lamps in the window of
Wanamaker's department store in Philadelphia
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