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OBJECT TYPE: EUROPEAN/DESK/MAGNETO/PROTECTOR
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1973.0333.001

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: STEEL TELEPHONE CASING, PROTECTER LID & CASING, & INSET XMTR. & RCVR. CASINGS & CONTACT SPRINGS/ BRASS GONGS, CRADLE & BRACKET, PUSH BUTTON GROMMET, CRANK, & PROTECTOR SCREW LOCK & TERMINALS/ BAKELITE HAND- SET BACK OF INSET RCVR. & XMTR., PUSH BUTTON/ WOODEN PROTECTOR SIDES & INTER- IOR BASE/ COTTON COATED WIRE RUBBER FOOT PADS/ GRAPHITE FOOT PAD COVERS/ PLASTIC INSET XMTR. MEMBRANE

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.0 cm
Width: 12.8 cm
Height: 33.0 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: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MOULDED RAISED LETTERED RECEIVER: 'KIRK' [WITHIN A CIRCLE]; & '7655' [WITHIN A BORDER]/ WHITE STAMPED INSET RECEIVER: 'RLD/ 510454'/ 'MOULDED RAISEDLETTERED XMTR. COVER: 'KIRK' [WITHIN A CIRCLE]; & '7658' [WITHIN A BORDER]/ REDSTAMPED INSET XMTR. BACK; 'B 53 RLA1810'/ MOULDED RAISED LETTERED RECEIVER COVER: 'KIRK' [WITHIN A CIRCLE] & '7656'.
Missing: NAME PLATE/ HANDSET NOT ORIGINAL (?)
Finish: BLACK PAINTED STEEL CASING WITH GOLD PAINTED DECORATIVE FEATURES, PROTECTOR LID & WOODEN SIDES (GOLD LID BORDER)/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS &STEEL CONTACT SPRINGS, & INSET RECEIVER & XMTR. HOUSINGS/ BLACK BAKELITE, EXCEPT BROWN CRANK HANDLE & WHITE INSET XMTR. CONTACTPOINTS; & RUBBER/ BROWN COTTON COATED WIRE/ ORANGE PLASTIC INSET XMTR. MEMBRANE/ CROSS HATCHED CRANK HANDLE.
Decoration: GOLD PAINTED STEEL CASE BORDER (ALL SIDES), WITH ARROW DECORATED CORNERS. ALSO ON FRONT & BACK IN GOLD IS A CROWN, & BELOW IT IS A HORN WITH TWO CROSSED ARROWS IN THE MIDDLE.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Telephone, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1973.0333, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0333.001/

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