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OBJECT TYPE: 5 LEVEL/PAGE/KSR
DATE: 1941
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0679.001

MANUFACTURER: Teletype Corp.
MODEL: 28C
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, 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: PRESSED STEEL & CAST ALUMINUM ASSEMBLIES. Ebonite keys and keyboard base

Dimensions

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

Length: 40.0 cm
Width: 35.0 cm
Height: 29.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: EXPERIMENTAL MODEL
Canada: NIL
Function: TO SEND & RECEIVE CODED SIGNALS CORRESPONDING TO ALPHANUMERIC & CHARACTERS AND TO PRINT THE CHARACTERS ON PAGE (CONTINUOUS ROLL) PAPER.
Technical: EARLY EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF 28 MACHINE DESIGNED TO COMPETE WITH WESTERN UNION (CHEAPER) PRINTER/ INTENDED TO SUPERCEDE THE MODEL 26 AND SERVE AS COMPANION TO MODEL 15.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: THREE ROW KEYBOARD LABELLED: '1Q/ 2W/ 3E/ 4R/ 5T/ 6H/ 7U/ 8I/ 9O/ 0P/[ROW 2] - A/ BELLS/ $D/ !F/ &G/ STOP H/ 'J/ (K/ )L/ CAR RET/ [ROW 3] - FIGS/ "Z/X/:C/;V/ ?B/,N/.M/ LTRS/ LINE FEED'/ HANDWRITTEN ON PAPER REST: '28 TYPE MODEL C'
Missing: From CA of 10/29/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
Finish: BLACK LACQUER ON KEYBOARD BASE/ BLACK KEYS WITH WHITE MARKINGS/ CLEAR LACQUER ON NATURAL METAL.
Decoration: N/A

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Teletype Corp., Teleprinter, circa 1941, Artifact no. 1986.0679, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0679.001/

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