Incandescent Lamp Sockets in Use Before Standardization

Before standardization to the Edison socket, the following sockets were in use in the United States. Shown from top to bottom, and left to right: Siemens-Halske, Hawkeye, Italian, Westinghouse, single contact Ediswan, Brush-Swan, Schaefer, double contact Ediswan, Westinghouse, Perkins (or Mather), Weston, United States, Fort Wayne "Jenney", Edison, Edison, Thomson-Houston.