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OBJECT TYPE: TELEPRINTER/TAPE
DATE: 1914
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.1412.001

MANUFACTURER: Western Electric Co. Ltd.
MODEL: 1A
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: 2.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Telegraphy
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Western Electric
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
Period: 1914-1928
Canada: NIL
Function: TO PRINT COPIES OF THE SYMBOLS EMBOSSED ON THE WHEEL EDGE ON PAPER MOUNTED IN THE TELETYPEWRITER
Technical: TYPE SAMPLE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: EMBOSSED ON OUTSIDE OF WHEEL: 'D N U K Q O C S J X I Y V L A R E Z B H W T P G F M / $. ! & O 5 2 L ? " 3 R - ); 6 8 / ': 9 1 ( 7,'/ ENGRAVED: 'BB'/ EMBOSSED ON TOP: '399 G'/ TYPED ON TAG: 'This type wheel/ from #1A Teletypewr-/iter, date 1914./ This wheel taken from/ Ruth Hanna McCormick/ Newspaper at Rockford/ Illinois. ON JULY/ 8th 1928'/ HANDWRITTEN ON OTHER SIDE OF TAG: 'From R.B. CHAPMAN,/ 2303 WESTBORO AVE,/ ALHAMBRA, CALIF./ To Tel Pr[?] America/ Theo. M Vail Chapter #1/ Chicago Ills'
Missing: From CA of 09/24/1996 by Kevin Machan: No - Complete
Finish: BROWN COLOUR
Decoration: N/A

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Western Electric Co. Ltd., Printwheel, circa 1914, Artifact no. 1969.1412, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1412.001/

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