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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0148.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada
- MODEL
- E1
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BAKELITE HANDLE/ METAL RECEIVER COVER & TRANSMITTER THREADED BOTTOM EDGE/ BRASS PLATE & STEEL CONTACTS INSIDE TRANSMITTER/ COTTON WRAPPED WIRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.9 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- 6.1 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
- CIRCA 1930
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO RECEIVE & TRANSMIT TELEPHONE SIGNALS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EMBOSSED IN HANDLE IS: 'Northern Electric Company/ LIMITED/ PATENTED 1922/ 1925 RD 1921/ E1/ MADE IN CANADA'/ EMBOSSED ON RECEIVER COVER IS: 'WESTERN ELECTRIC MADE IN U.S.A. 557B'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK BAKELITE/ BLACK PAINTED METAL COVER & BASE THREADEDRIMS/ BLACK LACQUERED STEEL TRANSMITTER CONTACTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada, Handset, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1978.0148, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0148.001/
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