Silencer, voice
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1921
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0057.001
- MANUFACTURER
- HUSH-A-PHONE CORP.
- MODEL
- HUSH-A-PHONE
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, 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
- STEEL VOICE SILENCER CONTAINER & TWO SLIDING LIDS/COTTON CLOTH COVERED 'SOUND ABSORPTION UNITS WITH FIBRE INTERIOR & COPPER SCREENING ON THE BOTTOM
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.2 cm
- Width
- 9.2 cm
- Height
- 17.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- HUSH A PHONE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- CIRCA 1921
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO SILENCE TELEPHONE SIGNALS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EMBOSSED STEEL LIDS WITH BLACK GEOMETRIC SHAPED BACKGROUND READS: 'PAT. 12-6-21/ TRADEMARK/ HUSH-A-PHONE [LOGO]/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ HUSH-A-PHONE CORP./ NEW YORK, N.Y.'/ SOUND ABSORPTION UNITS READ: 'TRADEMARK HUSH-A-PHONE [LOGO]/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF/ SOUND ABSORPTION UNIT/ (RENEWABLE)/ HYGENIC [CROSS SYMBOL]/ SANITARY/ DELIVERED IN A SANITARY CONDITION/ IT MAY BE KEPT SO BY REMOVING THIS/ UNIT FOR AIRING, AND WASHING THE SOUND BOX AT REGULARINTERVALS./ HUSH-A-PHONE CORPORATION/ NEW YORK CITY, U.S.A.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- STEEL PAINTED BLACK EXCEPT FOR THE LIDS WHICH HAVE A GEOMETRIC SHAPE, CONTAINING MARKINGS PAINTED BLACK ON THE POLISHED STEEL/ BLUE COTTON WITH BLACK LETTERING
- Decoration
- BLACKGEOMETRIC SHAPE ON LIDS & BORDER ON SOUND ABSORPTION UNITS, A BLACK CROSS IS STAMPED ON EACH UNIT
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HUSH-A-PHONE CORP., Silencer, voice, circa 1921, Artifact no. 1978.0057, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0057.001/
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