Handset
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0151.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Automatic Electric Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- 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
- BAKELITE HANDSET & TRANSMITTER & RECEIVER COVERS/ STEEL TRANSMITTER & RECEIVER COVER RIMS & INSET RECEIVER & TRANSMITTER/ MICA BLOCK ON BACK OF INSET RECEIVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.0 cm
- Width
- 6.1 cm
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Automatic Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- CIRCA 1951
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO RECEIVE & TRANSMIT TELEPHONE SIGNALS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EMBOSSED IN BAKELITE BOTTOM OF INSIDE TRANSMITTER IS THE GENERAL ELECTRIC TRADEMARK:'GE'/ IN RED PAINT ON THE BACK OF THE INSET TRANSMITTER IS: 'D-38309 A', 'EG' & 'A.E.CO.41'/ IN RED PAINT ON THE BACK OF THE INSET RECEIVERIS:'A.E.CO.', 'TYPE 41', 'D5189A' & 'A5'
- Missing
- WIRE CORD
- Finish
- BLACK BAKELITE/ CHROME PLATED STEEL TRANSMITTER & RECEIVER COVER RIMS/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL BACK OF STEEL TRANSMITTER & FRONT & BACK OF INSET RECEIVER/ BLACK PAINTED STEEL FRONT OF INSET RECEIVER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Automatic Electric Co., Handset, circa 1951, Artifact no. 1978.0151, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0151.001/
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