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OBJECT TYPE: STEEL/DESK/INTERCOM/CANDLESTICK
DATE: 1914
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0022.001

MANUFACTURER: Samson
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS BASE, INTERCOM BUTTONS & PLATE, SHAFT, SWITCH HOOK, XMTR. COVER, INSET XMTR. CARBON COVER, INSET RECEIVER COILS, HINGES, & TERMINALS/ STEEL INSET XMTR. BRIDGE ASSEMBLY, INSET RECEIVER, DIAPHRAGM, & BUZZER COIL BRACKET & COVER/ COPPERBUZZER CONTACT SPRING LEVER & RIVETS/ BAKELITE RECEIVER, BAKELITE MOUTHPIECE & COIL ENDS; OAK BUZZER BOX; WOODEN TELEPHONE BASE; FELT PAD; COTTON COATED WIRE; PLASTIC NAME PLATE & COIL COVER; PAPER LABEL & NAME PLATE, cellulose nitrate nameplate cover

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 15.0 cm
Height: 30.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Samson
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1914
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.
Technical: GOOD EXAMPLE OF EARLY INTERCOM SET.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED XMTR. FRONT COVER: 'SAMSON'/ BLUE INKED NAME PLATE: '1. OWN RM./ 2. SERVANTS/ 3. KITCHEN/ 4. 1ST HALL/ 5. THEATRE/ 6. LIBRARY/ 7. BOYS RM.'/ INTERIOR BUZZER LABEL, BLACK INK: 'NO. 4504 [NUMBERS IN PENCIL] DATE 6-4-14 [NUMBERS IN PENCIL]/ NO. 107 [NUMBERS IN PENCIL]/ TESTED AND INSPECTED/ FOREMAN/ INSPECTED BY JP [INITIALS WRITTEN IN PENCIL]/ INCISED RECEIVER COIL ENDS: 'SOLID/ PATD.'/ MOLDED RAISE LETTERED RECEIVER END: 'SOLID/ PAT'D AUG. 14, 1900'.
Missing: SCREW FROM XMTR. BACK
Finish: NICKEL PLATED BRASS, EXCEPT BLACK PAINTED TELEPHONE BASE TOP, AND INSET XMTR. CARBON COVER; & STEEL INSET XMTR. BRIDGE ASSEMBLY, & BUZZER CONTACT SPRING COIL BRACKET/ BLACK PAINTED STEEL INSET RECEIVER DIAPHRAGM (1 SIDE; OTHER SIDE LACQUERED), & STEEL BUZZER COIL COVER/ VARNISHED OAK/ BLACK BAKELITE, & PLASTIC COIL ENDS/ CLEAR PLASTIC NAME PLATE/ GREEN FELT/GREEN & LIGHT BROWN COTTON.
Decoration: INCISED SCROLL WORK ON INSET RECEIVER COIL ENDS.

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Samson, Telephone, circa 1914, Artifact no. 1978.0022, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0022.001/

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