Telephone
Use this image
Can I reuse this image without permission? Yes
Object images on the Ingenium Collection’s portal have the following Creative Commons license:
Copyright Ingenium / CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
ATTRIBUTE THIS IMAGE
Ingenium,
1971.0405.001
Permalink:
Ingenium is releasing this image under the Creative Commons licensing framework, and encourages downloading and reuse for non-commercial purposes. Please acknowledge Ingenium and cite the artifact number.
DOWNLOAD IMAGEPURCHASE THIS IMAGE
This image is free for non-commercial use.
For commercial use, please consult our Reproduction Fees and contact us to purchase the image.
- OBJECT TYPE
- WOOD/WALL/5-BAR GENERATOR
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1971.0405.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada
- MODEL
- N21
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- OAK BELL BOX, BACKBOARD, & BATTERY BOX WITH LID ORSHELF/ BRASS GONGS, CLAPPER & GUARD, CRANK & PLATE, LOCK PLATE, TERMINALS, HINGES, XMTR. COVER & BACK, & SWITCH HOOK/ STEEL XMTR. BRACKET, SCREWS, INSET RECEIVER XMTR., & GENERATOR/ COTTON COATED WIRE/ BAKELITE CRANK HANDLE, RECEIVER AND MOUTHPIECE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.4 cm
- Width
- 21.0 cm
- Height
- 82.5 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
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
MADE IN CANADA. - Function
-
TO RECEIVE & TRANSMIT TELEPHONE SIGNALS. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED & BURNT BELL BOX FRONT: 'THE NOTHERN ELECTRIC/ & MFG. CO. LTD./ MONTREAL'/ INCISED XMTR.: 'THE NORTHERN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED'/ INCISED RECEIVER COVER: 'THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED'/ INCISED SIDE OF BELL BOX: 'TYPE N.21'.
- Missing
- BELL BOX KEY/ BACKBOARD BOTTOM NOT ORIGINAL/ BATTERY BOX NOW ON PHONE IS INACCURATE REPRODUCTION- SEE DWGS, ETC. IN SUPP. INFO. (EAD 1996.05.07)
- Finish
- VARNISHED OAK/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS/ BLACK PAINTED STEEL XMTR. BRACKET, INSET RECEIVER COVER (1 SIDE; OTHER SIDE LACQUERED), & BRASSPLATED STEEL INSET XMTR. BACK/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL INSET XMTR. PARTS/ BLUE LACQUERED STEEL CONTACT SPRINGS/ BLACK BAKELITE BROWN COTTON.
- Decoration
- DOVE TAILED BELL BOX
CITE THIS OBJECT
If you choose to share our information about this collection object, please cite:
Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada, Telephone, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1971.0405, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1971.0405.001/
FEEDBACK
Submit a question or comment about this artifact.