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OBJECT TYPE: WOOD/WALL/MODERN RECEIVER/SHELF
DATE: 1948
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1976.0624.001

MANUFACTURER: Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada
MODEL: N-517-CG
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: IV-48
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: OAK CABINET/ WOODEN INDUCTION COIL/ BRASS GONGS, CLAPPER & GUARD, SCREW LOCK ASSEMBLY, SWITCH HOOK, PLATES, GROMMETS, HINGES, BIN RINGER BRACKET TOP, TERMINAL SCREWS, GENERATOR GEAR & ENDS, CRANK, SWITCH HOOK CONTACT SPRING (PARTS)/ STEEL GENERATOR BARS & PLATE, CONDENSER, CONTACT SPRINGS, BRACKETS, TERMINAL PLATES; & INSET XMTR./ BAKELITE HANDSET, PUSH BUTTON, CRANK HANDLE, INSULATORS & SPOOLS/ SILK MEMBRANE/ COTTON & RUBBER COATED WIRE/ GREEN PLASTIC COIL COVERS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 31.0 cm
Width: 21.2 cm
Height: 51.5 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: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1948
Canada: MADE IN CANADA.
Function: TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE STAMPED INTERIOR LID: 'IV-48/ N-517-CG'/ BLACK STAMPED: PUSH BUTTON CONTACT SPRING BRACKET: 'N1G'; SWITCH HOOK CONTACT SPRING BRACKET: 'N143Y'; BIN RINGER BRACKET: '38B'; BIN RINGER COIL COVERS: '1250/ IV-48'; INDUCTION COIL COVER: 'OCT 25 1948/ 5'; SMALL COIL COVER: '63 FD/ 28D'; & INSETXMTR. BACK: '10/27/48'/ INCISED GENERATOR: '48-A'/ RAISED LETTERED: INSET XMTR.BACK: 'F1 PATENTED 1930 1932 1934 1936'; MOLDED HANDSET: 'Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ PATENTED 1922, 1923, RD 1935/ MADE IN CANADA'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: STAINED & VARNISHED OAK/ BLACK PAINTED BRASS GONGS, CLAPPER & GUARD, SCREW LOCK, SWITCH HOOK, PLATES, CRANK, HINGES & GROMMETS; & STEEL INSET XMTR. FRONT/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS INTERIOR SCREW LOCK PLATE, & 1 GENERATOR GEAR; & STEEL GENERATOR & TERMINAL PLATES, CONTACT SPRINGS, & BRACKETS/ BRASS PLATED STEEL INSET XMTR. BACK & RIM/ GREY PAINTED STEEL GENERATOR & BIN RINGER BARS & CONDENSER/ BLACK BAKELITE, EXCEPT BROWN INSULATORS, RUBBER & SILK.
Decoration: DOVE TAILED CABINET

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Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada, Telephone, after 1948, Artifact no. 1976.0624, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0624.001/

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