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OBJECT TYPE: GLASS GLOBE/FIXTURE
DATE: 1968
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0183.001

MANUFACTURER: KAMRO LIGHTING PRODUCTS
MODEL: PUBLIC TELEPHONE
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS GLOBE/ 2 PLASTIC SIGNS/ 4 BRASS NUTS & BOLTS/ STEEL BASE, BRACKET, NUTS & BOLTS/ PLASTIC, ALUMINUM, BRASS & COPPER SCREW FIXTURE/ COTTON WRAPPED WIRES/ GLUED PAPER LABELS

Dimensions

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

Length: 29.0 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Height: 39.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: KAMRO
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: CIRCA 1968
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO SHOW THE LOCATION OF A PUBLIC TELEPHONE
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SIGN READS: 'PUBLIC/ [BELL SYSTEM LOGO]/ TELEPHONE'/ PAPER LABEL AROUND SOCKET READS: 'FIRE HAZARD CAUTION/ MAXIMUM LAMP SIZE/ 60 WATTS'/ EMBOSSED PLASTIC SOCKET READS: 'LEVITON/ C50W.25CV.'/ ENGRAVED IN THE BRASS OFTHE SOCKET IS: 'LEVITON/ CANADA/ CSA [LOGO]'/ PAPER LABELS INSIDE BASE READ: 'CERTIFIED CSA [LOGO] CERTIFIE/ ELECTRIC FIXTURE/ LL7538 5.14/ KAMRO LIGHTING PRODUCTS/ Ptd. in Canada', '68' IS PRINTED IN THE BACKGROUND; & 'SERIES #16151/PRINTED IN BLACK ON THE COTTON WRAPPED WIRE IS: 'LEVITON SF-1'
Missing: PLUG From CA of 05/13/1999 by Mike Irvin: No - Complete
Finish: WHITE GLASS/ WHITE PLASTIC SIGNS WITH 2 BLUE CIRCLE BORDERS & BLUE LETTERING & LOGO/ BLUE LOGO HAS WHITE LETTERING/ WHITE PAINTED STEEL BASE/ BROWN PLASTIC/ FIRST & THIRD LABEL LISTED IN MARKINGS ARE WHITE WITH BLACK LETTERING/ SECOND LABEL IS WHITE WITH BLUE BORDER & LETTERING; '68' IS PAINTED RED
Decoration: N/A

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KAMRO LIGHTING PRODUCTS, Sign, circa 1968, Artifact no. 1978.0183, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0183.001/

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