General Information

Serial #

7283

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1: CAST ALUMINUMBASE & SELECTOR ASSEMBLY/ REST OF MACHINERY IS PRESSED STEEL ASSEMBLIES/ DRIVE GEARS MAINLY SYNTHETIC/.2: CAST ALUMINUM & BAR STOCK

Dimensions

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

Length

45.7 cm

Width

43.2 cm

Height

34.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telegraphy

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Creed

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS MODEL, MID 1950s TO MID 1960s

Canada

NOT SIGNIFICANT/ USED IN CANADA

Function

USED TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE PRINTED PAGE COMMUNICATION VIA CABLE (TELEPHONE) AND/OR RADIO AT HIGH SPEED.

Technical

ONE OF MANY TELEPRINTER MODELS BRIDGING TECHNOLOGY FROM MANUAL MORSE CODE COMMUNICATION TO MODERN COMPUTER DRIVEN 8 LEVEL ASCII PRINTERS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON FRONT: 'Creed/ Les Teleimprimeurs Paris'/ THREE ROWS OF KEYS: '1Q/ 2W/ 3E/ 4R/ 5T/6Y/ 7U/ 8I/ 9O/ 0P/ A/ Bell S/ D/ F/ G/ H/ J/ K/ L/ CAR RET/ RUN OUT/ FIGS/ +Z/X/ Oc/ V/ B/ N/.M/ LTS/ LINE FEED/ -'/ IN CRAYON ON FRONT: '#3'.

Missing

NO SIGNIFICANT PARTS, POWER PLUGS AND CORDS THAT CAN BE ACQUIRED/ NO REPERFORATOR ATTACHMENT INCLUDED. From CA of 12/13/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing: Rubber feet from bottom of chassis, back, pr. right and front pr. left.

Finish

GRAY SIMULATED LEATHER ENAMEL

Decoration

CREED NAME IN SCROLLED CHROME ON LEFT FRONT OF CASE.