Microphone

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OBJECT TYPE: CARBON/SINGLE BUTTON/TABLE
DATE: 1939
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1977.0494.001

MANUFACTURER: STROMBERG-CARLSON TELEPHONE MFG. CO.
MODEL: CANDLESTICK
LOCATION: Rochester, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: PH-43
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS PLATED, STEEL TUBE, PRESSED STEEL BASE AND BOTTOMCOVER, STEEL MICROPHONE (TRANSMITTER) CASE, CARBON BUTTON AND DIAPHRAGM, SYNTHETIC MOUTH PIECE AND COTTON COVERED TELEPHONE CORD

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 13.4 cm
Height: 27.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: STROMBERG CARLSON
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Rochester

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: LATER 1930'S TO LATER 1940'S
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO PICK UP SOUND, VOICE, AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE ALTERNATING CURRENT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED TO MODULATE A RADIO TRANSMITTER OR DRIVE SOUND SYSTEM SPEAKERS.
Technical: AN EXAMPLE OF EARLY TELEPHONE TECHNOLOGY MODIFIED FOR RADIO OR SOUND SYSTEM USE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED ON BACK OF MOUTHPIECE: 'MFD BY/ STROMBERG-CARLSON TEL MFG CO- ROCHESTER, N.Y. U.S.A.'/ PLATE ON TOP: 'T-27-L ORDER NO. 15007-PH-43'/ STAMPED ON BOTTOM: 'SK 3343B/ SC/465/ A'
Missing: CONNECTOR MISSING AND CORD IN POOR CONDITION
Finish: BLACK GLOSS ENAMEL
Decoration: N/A

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STROMBERG-CARLSON TELEPHONE MFG. CO., Microphone, circa 1939, Artifact no. 1977.0494, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0494.001/

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