Telephone

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OBJECT TYPE: STEEL/WALL/DIAL
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0044.001

MANUFACTURER: PHILLIPS ELECTRICAL WORKS LTD.
MODEL: L-687/UT/MONOPHONE
LOCATION: Brockville, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL TELEPHONE HOUSING, INSET XMTR. & RECEIVER CONTACT SPRINGS, INSET RECEIVER, PART OF INSET XMTR. BACK, DIAL WORKING PARTS, BIN RINGER & CONTACT SPRING BRACKETS, & CONDENSER/ BRASS GONGS, CLAPPER, BIN RINGER, BRIDGE, INSET XMTR. RIM; DIAL GEAR, GOVERNOR CAP, BACK, &PLATE, ROTARY DIAL, & FINGER STOP/ COPPER CONTACT SPRING; BAKELITE RCVR, MOUTHPIECE, & COIL ENDS; PAPER LABELS; PLASTIC COIL COVERS; COTTON COATED WIRE

Dimensions

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

Length: 24.0 cm
Width: 17.0 cm
Height: 23.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: PHILLIPS
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Brockville

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1930'S +
Canada: MADE IN CANADA
Function: TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RED STAMPED: INSET RECEIVER: ‘TYPE 41'; ‘A.E. CO.', ‘JA', ‘D5189A'; INDUCTION COIL: ‘D282996-A'; BIN RINGER BAR: ‘D-56441'; INTERIOR LID, SURROUNDED BY A BORDER: ‘Monophone/ PRODUCED BY/ PHILLIPS ELECTRICAL WORKS LIMITED/ BROCKVILLE ONTARIO, CANADA'; INTERIOR LID: ‘L-687/ UT'/ BLACK INK LABELS: COIL: ‘COIL AND/ CLAPPER/ ASSEM./ PHILLIPS/ BROCKVILLE/ CAN./ S.L./ D-281350-B/ 700-W-700-W/ USE 1 MF. COND.'; & CONDENSER: ‘AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC COMPANY/ CHICAGO, U.S.A.'; CORD: ‘MONOTYPE/ ELECTRICAL WORKS/ LIMITED'/ BLACK STAMPED: DIAL: ‘62', ‘JB', & ‘INSP. #8'; INSET XMTR.: ‘A.E. CO. 81'; ‘D-38363-A'; & ‘CN'/ INCISED DIAL BACK, [WITHIN A CIRCLE]: ‘PHILLIPS/ MADE IN/ CANADA'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK PAINTED TELEPHONE HOUSING; & BRASS SWITCH HOOK, ROTARY DIAL, & NO. PLATE RIM/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL INSET RECEIVER & XMTR. CONTACT SPRINGS, INSET RECEIVER, XMTR. BACK, DIAL WORKING PARTS; & BRASS CLAPPER/ CHROME PLATED BRASS FINGER STOP/ GREY PAINTED STEEL CONDENSER/ BRASS PLATED BRASS GONGS/ BLACK BAKELITE & PLASTIC/ BROWN COTTON.
Decoration: N/A

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PHILLIPS ELECTRICAL WORKS LTD., Telephone, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1978.0044, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0044.001/

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