A friend of mine was looking through the online archives of the Library of Congress and forwarded this handsomely designed poster with a message of conservation… from 1917.
I love the look of the pullchain socket (just like the one found on our Mock’s Crest fixture) and the iconic tip of that old style bulb.
You can faintly see that the socket is threaded… This is called an “uno” socket, and it’s threaded so you can screw on a fabric shade or a shade holder for 2-1/4″ shade. People have been making lights just the way they want them for a long, long time!