Telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STEEL/DESK/CANDLESTICK/DIAL
- DATE
- 1915
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0027.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Automatic Electric Co.
- MODEL
- 3C
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL TELEPHONE BASE, BOTTOM PLATE, SHAFT, PENCIL CLIP & PLATE, SWITCH HOOK, XMTR. BACK & BRACKET, INTERIOR MOUTHPIECE, DIAL WORKING PARTS, CONTACT SPRING, & TERMINALS/ BRASS XMTR. FRONT, INSET XMTR. BACK, DIAL PLATE, ROTATING DIAL, FINGER STOP, GOVERNOR CAP, & GEAR BRACKET/ BAKELITE RECEIVER, MOUTHPIECE & INSULATORS/ PIECE OF FELT PAD/ COTTON COATED WIRE/ PAPER NO. PLATE/ PLASTIC 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
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 26.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Automatic Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1915
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED XMTR. FRONT COVER: 'AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC CO./ CHICAGO, U.S.A./ 3C'/ BLACK PAINTED PENCIL CLIP PLATE: 'FOR COAL/ DEPEND ON HANNIBALL/ PHONE/ HOBOKEN/ 6910'/ BLACK INKED NO. PLATE: '353'/ INCISED ROTARY DIAL: 'AUTOMATIC/ [A DIAMOND]/ ELECTRIC CO.'/ BLACK INKED CARD: 'How To Use An Automatic Telephone...'
- Missing
- FELT PAD HAS ALMOST WORN AWAY.
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED STEEL TELEPHONE BASE, BOTTOM PLATE, PENCIL CLIP, SWITCH HOOK, & XMTR. BACK &BRACKET; & BRASS NO. PLATE RIM/ NICKEL PLATEDSTEEL PENCIL CLIP PLATE, DIAL WORKING PARTS, CONTACT SPRING, & TERMINALS; & BRASS XMTR. FRONT COVER, DIAL PLATE RIM, ROTARY DIAL, & FINGER STOP/ WHITE ENAMELED BRASS DIAL PLATE, WITH BLACK NUMBERS/ BLACK BAKELITE, EXCEPT BROWN IN-SULATORS/ GREEN FELT/ GREEN & YELLOW COTTON/ CLEAR PLASTIC.
- Decoration
- BLACK PAINTED DIAMOND BORDER ON PENCIL CLIP PLATE.
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Automatic Electric Co., Telephone, circa 1915, Artifact no. 1978.0027, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0027.001/
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