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OBJECT TYPE: CRYSTAL/TABLE
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0635.001

MANUFACTURER: Webster Chicago
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 2319
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST WHITE METAL CASE & STAND WITH STEEL MICROPHONE MOUNTING CLIP. CRYSTAL MICROPHONE CARTRIDGE. CLOTH COVERED WIRE/FELT PADS

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.0 cm
Width: 7.0 cm
Height: 15.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Webster Chicago
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C.1940-1950
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO PICK UP SOUND, VOICE AND/OR MUSIC AND CONVERT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE ALTERNATING CURRENT WOULD BE AMPLIFIED TO DRIVE A SOUND RECORDING DEVICE.
Technical: TYPICAL OF LOW COST CRYSTAL MICROPHONES PRODUCED IN 1940S
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'WEBSTER CHICAGO/CHICAGO U.S.A./PATENT NOTICE INSIDE' APPEARS IN RAISED PRINT ON MICROPHONE FACE/CO. LOGO 'W/C' APPEARS ON FRONT AND REVERSE/'2319' APPEARS IN RAISED PRINT INSIDE BASE.
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: MICROPHONE BASE AND MICROPHONE HAS A PINK-BROWNMETALLIC PAINT FINISH.
Decoration: N/A

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Webster Chicago, Microphone, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1985.0635, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0635.001/

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