General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN BACKBOARD, SUBSET, XMTR. BOX, BATTERY COVERBOX & COIL ENDS/ BRASS KEY, GONGS, PROTECTOR, LOCK PLATES, BIN RINGER BRACKET, SWITCH HOOK, CRANK, PLATES, GENERATOR ENDS & GEARS, TERMINALS, & CONTACT SPRING/ STEEL GENERATOR & BIN RINGER BARS, INSET XMTR., XMTR. BRACKET, INSET RECVR DIAPHRAGM, & BATTERY BOX SHELF & BRACKETS; CARDBOARD SPOOLS; BAKELITE RECVR., MOUTHPIECE & CRANK HANDLE; COTTON COATED WIRE; PAPER COIL COVERS

Dimensions

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

Length

23.6 cm

Width

20.7 cm

Height

81.7 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

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C. 1890'S

Canada

MADE IN CANADA FOR BELL TELEPHONE OF CANADA. THE DOUBLE RED BANDS ON THE RECEIVER INDICATE THAT THIS SET IS LICENSED FOR USE IN CANADA

Function

TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.

Technical

THIS BECAMEKNOWN AS THE "BLAKE" SET BECAUSE OF THE TRANSMITTER THAT WAS INVENTED BY FRANCIS BLAKE. BELL NEEDED A BETTER TRANSMITTER FOR HIS TELEPHONE & THE SMALL BOX IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SET WAS THE ANSWER. A MAGNETO FOR RINGING THE DISTANT PHONE & A BOX TO HOLD THE BATTERIES HAS BEEN ADDED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED BATTERY COVER BOX PLATE: 'STANDARD/ BELL TELEPHONE SET/ RD 1892'/ INCISED XMTR. BOX: 'PROPERTY OF/ BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY/ OF CANADA/ USE NOT LICENSED UNDER/ ANY U.S. PATENTS'/ INCISED SUBSET INTERIOR LID & RIM: '63'/ INCISED SUBSET EXTERIOR SIDE: 'PROPERTY OF THE/ BELL TELEPHONE/ OF CANADA/ PATENTED/ 1881'/ MOLDEDRAISED LETTERED EARPIECE: '[A STAR] PROPERTY OFBELL TELEPHONE CO. OF CANADA [A STAR]/ PATENTED AUG. 24 TH 1877'/ INCISED KEY: 'GES. GESCH/ 4'/ INCISED PROTECTOR: 'MADE FOR THE/ BELL TELEPHONE CO./ OF CANADA'.

Missing

inside of bottom housing

Finish

WALNUT STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD, EXCEPT COIL ENDS/ NICKELPLATED BRASS, EXCEPT KEY, BIN RINGER BRACKET, GENERATOR PARTS, & XMTR. TERMINALS/ BLACK PAINTED STEEL, EXCEPT PARTS OF INSET XMTR., & RED PAINTED BIN RINGER & GENERATOR BARS/ BLACK BAKELITE, EXCEPT FOR RED STRIPPED RECEIVER SHAFT/ BLACK PAPER COIL COVERS/ BROWN & BLUE COTTON/ RED CARDBOARD/ BLACK PAINTED WOODEN XMTR. BOX BOTTOM RIM.

Decoration

DOVE TAILED SUBSET/ SCROLLED STEEL XMTR. BRACKET.