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OBJECT TYPE: STEEL/DESK/DIAL
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0078.001

MANUFACTURER: Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada
MODEL: H1
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 7-3-56
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PHENOL PLASTIC TELEPHONE HOUSING/ STEEL TELEPHONE BASE, ROTATING DIAL, CONDENSER, DIAL BACK, BRACKETS, & INSET XMTR./ BRASS GONGS,CLAPPER, INSET XMTR. CONTACT POINTS, NO. PLATE RIM, FINGER STOP & SOME DIAL PARTS/ COPPER CONTACT SWITCH, SOME DIAL PARTS/ BAKELITE HANDSET, TERMINAL PLATES, & DISCONNECT BUTTONS/ PLASTIC NO. PLATE, DIAL BACK, & COIL COVERS, & DIAL PLATE; CLOTH HINGE; SILK INSET XMTR. MEMBRANE; RUBBER & PLASTIC COATED WIRE; PAPER NO. PLATE; BROWN SUEDE FOOT PADS

Dimensions

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

Length: 19.0 cm
Width: 13.0 cm
Height: 12.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Northern Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1956
Canada: MADE IN CANADA
Function: TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MOLDED RAISED LETTERED: HANDSET: 'Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/PATENTED 1922 1923 RD 1935/ F1/ MADE IN CANADA'; INSET XMTR.: 'F1/ PATENTED 1930 1932 1934 1936'; & DIAL: 'Northern Electric/ PATENTED 1953 1955/ MADE IN CANADA'/ BLACK STAMPED: INSET XMTR.: '7 10 56'; BIN RINGER COVER: '8-9-56'; INDUCTION COIL COVER: '101A/ 8-6-56'; DIAL: '6A/ 8-5-6'/ WHITE STAMPED: INSIDE BASE: '8-56' & 'PATENTED/ 1939'; INSIDE LID: 'H1'/ YELLOW STAMPED INSIDE LID: '7-3-56'/ INCISED: GONGS: '41A' & '41B'; FINGER STOP: '6'; & BANDS: '6D3AY5' & '5H3AR6'/ BIN RINGER BRACKET: 'B1A'/ BLACK INK NO. PLATE: '45'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK PHENOL PLASTIC, CLOTH, SILK, & RUBBER/ BLACK PAINTED STEEL TELEPHONE BASE, ROTATING DIAL, INSET XMTR. FRONT; & BRASS NO. PLATE RIM/ BRASS & COPPER PLATED STEEL BRACKETS/ BRASS PLATED BRASS GONGS/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL TOP OF BIN RINGER BRACKET, & INSET XMTR. RIM; BRASS CLAPPERSHAFT & INSET XMTR. CONTACT SPRINGS/ BLACK BAKELITE, EXCEPT TERMINAL PLATES/ CLEAR PLASTIC NO. PLATE & COIL COVERS/ YELLOW PLASTIC DIAL COVER.
Decoration: WHITE PLASTIC DIAL PLATE, WITH BLACK LETTERS & RED NUMBERS.

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Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada, Telephone, circa 1945, Artifact no. 1978.0078, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0078.001/

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