Corrected drawing:

 

@MisterBill2 You actually know the era? In a thread about a neon lamp I thought I knew what I was talking about but was actually mistaken. And I was the starter of that thread. I gave faulty information. Everyone assumed I knew what I was discussing, but it wasn't until I opened the unit and took pictures that everyone was able to give me an accurate answer based on what was seen and not on what I described.

I still lack the confidence to tell the thread starter how to wire his switch. And we haven't heard from @taylorroesch since April 30th. Here's what I'm thinking the switch CAN be (one or the other):

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Until we know for sure what's going on - giving advice may prove damaging to his project. Or maybe as @MisterBill2 suggests the possibility of a hybrid where pushing and holding the red button (again assumed) not only turns the lamp on but also starts the tube.

Oh, and I got the red and black buttons reversed on the last switch. "Push ON" and "Push OFF" are still the same. Only the colors should be changed.

With the single bulb florescent system it originally had the circuit must be one with the black button opening the connection between two terminals, either a momentary or maintained opening, and the red button momentarily closing the connection between the other two contacts, isolated from the others. The TS can easily verify that is how it works if they have any means of checking continuity available.

 

The TS can easily verify that

I wish he would.

 

It sounds to me like the original post was about a 1930s Flexo Lamp. Those switches are tricky and from reading all the posts I’m gonna pass on retrofit and hope that a new switch arrives

 

There were so many of those witches used in a wide variety of lamps and fixtures for many years, and so the switches should be available even today. BUT the same switch could be used to control a relay to control any sort of lighting that you would want to install.

 

Post #43 was on May 3, 2020. By now the TS has gotten his answer - or has gaven up.

 

Post #43 was on May 3, 2020. By now the TS has gotten his answer - or has gaven up.

Dazor light switch. https://www.dazor.com/store/2-button-switch-for-fluorescent-lights.html