The collecting of objects is a common pastime for many persons. Included in this group was the electrical "wizard", Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmetz. During the early years of the 1900s Steinmetz lived in Schenectady, New York. His residence was on Wendell Avenue (see Recollections of Steinmetz - A Visit to the Workshops of Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Emil J. Remscheid, General Electric Hall of History Foundation, 1977.) In 1911 Steinmetz added to his house and one of the additions was a museum. Some of his collections included 'arrowheads, stones such as geodes, petrifactions and specimens of natural crystal. Historic pieces of the electrical age were also included, such as early light bulbs and power line insulators fractured by lightning.' A photo of some of his 1912 tungsten filament lamps is shown below.