Telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STEEL/DESK/DIAL
- DATE
- 1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0075.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric Co.
- MODEL
- B1
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- D-96011 IV 35
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL TELEPHONE HOUSING, BOTTOM, CRADLE, DISCON- NECT LEVER, DIAL, ROTATING DIAL, FILTER, BRACKETS & DIAL WORKING PARTS/ BRASS DIAL GOVERNOR CAP, CORD GROMMET, TERMINALS, & FINGER STOP/ COPPER CONTACT SPRING/ BAKELITE HANDSET & INSULATORS/ PLASTIC & RUBBER COATED WIRE/ SUEDE PAD/CORKFEET/ PLASTIC NO. PLATE COVER & DIAL PLATE/ PAPER NO. PLATE.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 13.5 cm
- Height
- 13.9 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1935
- Canada
-
HANDSET & DIAL MADE IN CANADA - Function
-
TO TRANSIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED: TELEPHONE: 'WESTERN ELECTRIC MADE IN U.S.A. PAT. IN U.S.A. SEPT. 16 24 PATS APP FOR' & 'B1'; INSIDE FILTERY: '61C FILTER/ IV 37/ PATENTED/1918 1924'/ FILTER BRACKET: '63C'; DIAL BACK: 'MADE IN CANADA/ NORTHERN ELEC- TRIC COMPANY LIMITED/ PATENTED 1920 1921 1930'/ RAISED LETTERED HANDSET: 'Northern Electric Company/ LIMITED/ PATENTED 1922/ 1925 RD 1921/ E1/ MADE IN CANADA'; EARPIECE: '557B'/ BLACK STAMPED DIAL BACK: '4H' & 'II 37'/ RED STAMPEDINTERIOR BASE BOTTOM: 'D-96011' & 'M [WITHIN A SQUARE] IV 35'/ BLACK INK NO. PLATE: '48-'/ INCISED CORD BAND: 'H3AG/ 52'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED STEEL TELEPHONE HOUSING, BOTTOM, CRADLE, DISCONNECT LEVER, DIAL SIDES, & ROTATING DIALS; & BRASS GROMMET/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL FILTER, SOME DIAL WORKING PARTS; & BRASS FINGER STOP/ BLACK BAKELITE HANDSET, EXCEPT BROWN INSULATORS/ BLACK RUBBER/ BROWN SUEDE & CORK/ CLEAR PLAS-TIC NO. PLATE COVER/ WHITE PLASTIC DIAL PLATE, WITH BLACK LETTERING & RED NUM- BERS/ BLACK PAPER NO. PLATE BACKGROUND; WHITE BOX WITH NO.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric Co., Telephone, circa 1935, Artifact no. 1978.0075, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0075.001/
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