General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC (INCLUDING BAKELITE) AND METAL COMPONENTS; LEATHER PADS ON BASE; SMOOTH SYNTHETIC COVERING ON CORDS.

Dimensions

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

Length

22.5 cm

Width

16.5 cm

Height

12.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NORTHERN ELECTRIC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS TYPE OF TELEPHONE USED C. 1937-1970S.

Canada

THE 'UNIPHONE' WAS A UNIQUE CANADIAN DESIGN BY NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO.. IT MAY HAVE BEEN A PROTOTYPE OF THE 302 [MODEL]: BECAUSE OF CANADA'S SMALLER PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS WESTERN ELECTRIC DID PERFORM SOME PRODUCTION RUNS OF PROTOTYPES HERE. (REF. 1)

Function

TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS FOR VOICE COMMUNICATION.

Technical

REPRESENTS A DESIGN OF TELEPHONE THAT WAS ACONTEMPORARY OF THE 300 TYPE SET AND WAS DEVELOPED AND EXTENSIVELY USED IN CANADA. UNIPHONE WAS WELL CONSTRUCTED AND EASILY MAINTAINED, AND REMAINED IN GENERAL USE WELL INTO 1970S. WALL MOUNTED SET WAS NO. 2 OF 3 [MODEL NOS.] (REF. 2)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ PATENTED 1925/ RD 1935/ NU/ MADE IN CANADA" cast in raised print on underside of handset."Northern Electric/ MADE IN CANADA" cast in raised print on front of telephone body casing. "29" appears in raised print on black dymotape label on telephone body back. Dial faceplate marked 1 through 0, A through P, and R through Y, and "OPERATOR".

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE.

Finish

SMOOTH BLACK MOLDED CASING AND HANDSET. BLACK METAL DIAL AND BACKPLATE. WHITE DIAL FACE HAS RED AND BLACK MARKINGS. BROWN LEATHER PADS. SMOOTH BLACK SYNTHETIC COVERING ON CORDS.

Decoration

N/A