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<p>[QUOTE="John R, post: 9628730, member: 83372"]Hi everybody,</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I should be able to better estimate the era of electrical items intended for the US market by looking at its two-prong plug.</p><p><br /></p><p>So here are <b>a few questions about 2-prong plug in the US:</b></p><ol> <li>Around what year did two-prong outlets with same-sized prongs cease to be made? (i.e., if the prongs on a two-prong plug are the same size, it was probably made before ___.)</li> <li>Besides identically-sized prongs, what other clues are good for collectors/dealers to know?</li> <li>Are there any good websites that expand on this?</li> </ol><p>-----------------------------</p><p>Update:</p><p>The first question is my most pressing issue. I picked up a lamp that I think might be a very good example of Mid-Century Modern. I would like to make a better estimate of its date based on the fact that the plug has identically-sized prongs. Based on things I am reading, I think it might be sometime in the 70s for question #1, but I'm not sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470061[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John R, post: 9628730, member: 83372"]Hi everybody, I think I should be able to better estimate the era of electrical items intended for the US market by looking at its two-prong plug. So here are [B]a few questions about 2-prong plug in the US:[/B] [LIST=1] [*]Around what year did two-prong outlets with same-sized prongs cease to be made? (i.e., if the prongs on a two-prong plug are the same size, it was probably made before ___.) [*]Besides identically-sized prongs, what other clues are good for collectors/dealers to know? [*]Are there any good websites that expand on this? [/LIST] ----------------------------- Update: The first question is my most pressing issue. I picked up a lamp that I think might be a very good example of Mid-Century Modern. I would like to make a better estimate of its date based on the fact that the plug has identically-sized prongs. Based on things I am reading, I think it might be sometime in the 70s for question #1, but I'm not sure. [ATTACH=full]470061[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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