Intercom

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OBJECT TYPE: WALL TYPE
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0205.001

MANUFACTURER: Connecticut Telephone & Electric Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Meriden, Connecticut, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS FRONT PLATE, TRANSMITTER & SWITCH HOOK/ BAKELITE RECEIVER, TRANSMITTER MOUTHPIECE & PUSH BUTTONS/ METAL GONGS, COIL, CONDENSOR & INSET RECEIVER COVER/ ALUMINUM INSET RECEIVER COVER/ WOODEN SCREW PLATE/ TAPED SCREWS/ COTTON WRAPPED WIRE

Dimensions

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

Length: 16.0 cm
Width: 15.8 cm
Height: 21.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Connecticut
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Connecticut
City: Meriden

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN PARTS OF THE SAME BUILDING OR ADJACENT BUILDINGS
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ENGRAVEDIN BRASS TRANSMITTER FRONT IS: 'CONNECTICUT [TOP]/ THE CONN.TEL. & ELEC. CO. INC./ MERIDEN. CONN. U.S.A./ PATENTED [BOTTOM]'/ EMBOSSED IN BAKELITE RECEIVER IS: 'NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED/ PAT. 1918 144'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BROWN BAKELITE RECEIVER COVER/ BLACK BAKELITE TRANSMITTERMOUTHPIECE, RECEIVER BASE & PUSH BUTTONS/ LACQUERED WOODEN SCREW PLATE/ ALUMINUM INSET RECEIVER COVER PAINTED BLACK ON ONE SIDE, LACQUERED ON THE OTHERNICKLE PLATED STEEL GONG & CLAPPER
Decoration: N/A

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Connecticut Telephone & Electric Co., Intercom, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1978.0205, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0205.001/

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