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OBJECT TYPE: FACSIMILE TAPE
DATE: 1940–1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0699.001

MANUFACTURER: Teletype Corp.
MODEL: 17
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: PROTOTYPE
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL/ ALUMINUM/ OTHER METALS/ SYNTHETIC/ CERAMIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.0 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Height: 12.0 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: Illinois
Period: PROTOTYPE - NOT PUT IN SERVICE
Canada: NIL
Function: TO RECEIVE A FACSIMILE CODED MESSAGE VIA RADIO CIRCUITS & PRINT THE MESSAGE ON PAPER TAPE/ COMBINED WITH VOICE IN POLICE VEHICLES
Technical: PORTABLE USE IN POLICE VEHICLES/ ALSO USED IN COMBINATION WITH VOICE/ FIRST MODEL OF THIS TYPE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON TOP: 'LINE - +'/ MFG. PLATE ON MOTOR: 'D-C. MOTOR 6 VOLTS/ MODEL NO. 5BY26A35/ GENERAL ELECTRIC/ U.S.A. [LOGO]/ N.P. 51822-D JM'
Missing: PLUG/ SOME PARTS OF PRINT MECHANISM From CA of 11/01/1996 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
Finish: NATURAL STEEL
Decoration: N/A

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Teletype Corp., Printer, circa 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1986.0699, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0699.001/

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