Telephone, field
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LINEMAN'S
- DATE
- 1930–1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0121.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric Co.
- MODEL
- 17C
- 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
- WOODEN CABINET/ LEATHER HANDLE/ METAL HARDWARE/ METAL & SYNTHETIC SPEAKER & RECEIVER/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS, bakelite
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.0 cm
- Width
- 16.5 cm
- Height
- 21.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1930 THROUGH 1952
- Canada
-
PROBABLY USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED BY TELEPHONE LINEMEN TO COMMUNICATE WITH A TESTBOARD. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- IMPRESSED ON BACK OF RECEIVER: 'Graybar Electric/ PAT IN USA JULY 7 1914/ 179-W/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ STAMPED IN BOTTOM OF CASE: '17-C'
- Missing
- HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY MODIFIED/ TRANSMITTER CHANGED/ HOOK SWITCH ADDED/ BATTERY CASE CHANGED/ FRONT COVER MACHINE SCREWS MISSING. REPLACED BY A WOOD SCREW.
- Finish
- BLACK PAINT OVER ORIGINAL VARNISH
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric Co., Telephone, field, circa 1930–1939, Artifact no. 1978.0121, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0121.001/
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