General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

The body of the unit is metal, possibly ferrous. The crank handle is metal. The telephone handset is possibly bakelite. The kno bs are bakelite. The prong ends of the jacks are brass, there are plastic grip s on the ends of the jacks.

Dimensions

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

Length

27.0 cm

Width

16.1 cm

Height

25.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Northern Electric

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

Made and used in Canada.

Function

THIS UNIT WAS USED FOR COORDINATION WITH THE STUDIO, ETC. ON REMOTE BROADCASTS.

Technical

Type sample.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'PROPERTY OF THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA' incised on top of unit base/All connections, dials, etc. labelled/'NORTHERN ELECTRIC/COMPANY LIMITED/62N/MADE IN CANADA' appears in raised print on underside of handpiece./'TEL. SET TCS-490 G1' incised on plate affixed to lid/Red dymo tape label bearsfollowing info.: 'PROPERTY OF CKSL RADIO'.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

The body of the unit is painted grey. The knobs and hand set are black. The cradle of the 'phone' is a black painted silver metal. The hardware (screws, jacks, etc.) are silver metal. Ends of jack plugs are painte d black and red-brown respectively.

Decoration

N/A