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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0584.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS RECEIVER & TRANSMITTER/ STEEL & COPPER HANDLE/ SILK COATED WIRE/ PAPER LABEL/ SHEET METAL DIAPRAGM/ BRASS WASHER FOR INSET RECEIVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.5 cm
- Width
- 7.0 cm
- Height
- 20.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- BEFORE 1935
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO SEND & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INSET PLATE ON STEEL READS:'PAT. NO. 151336-20'/ RED & WHITE STICKER LABEL READS IN PENCIL:'37/ NRCM'/ EMBOSSED ON INSIDE OF BRASS RECEIVER COVER IS'S' & 'B', JOINED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 'S'/ ACCOMPANING TYPED CARDBOARD LABEL READS:'TELEPHONE HANDSET. IN USE UNTIL ABOUT 1935. COURTESY PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK LACQUERED COPPER/ PLATE LETTERING - WHITE PAINT/ BLACK LACQUERED SHEET METAL INSET RECEIVER DIAPRAGM
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Handset, before 1935, Artifact no. 1969.0584, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0584.001/
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