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OBJECT TYPE: 5 BAUDOT/PAGE/KSR
DATE: 1931
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0703.001

MANUFACTURER: Creed & Co. Ltd.
MODEL: 7A
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: 954
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BASE OF PRINTER AND KEYBOARD, CAST ALUMINUM/ KEYBOARD PARTS, STEEL PUNCHINGS, STEEL ROD AND MACHINED GEARS/ PRINTER, STEEL BAR STOCK, PUNCHED STEEL, MACHINED STEEL AND COPPER WIRE IN MOTOR/ COVER STEEL All silver metal areas are Cadmium (Not steel as stated above) - Briana Ippolito 2021

Dimensions

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

Length: 60.0 cm
Width: 53.0 cm
Height: 20.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Creed
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1931 THROUGH 1950
Canada: INVENTED BY FRED CREED, A CANADIAN, WHO PRODUCED HIS MACHINES IN ENGLAND
Function: TO SEND AND RECEIVE PRINTED TELEGRAPH MESSAGES IN A PAGE FORMAT.
Technical: A SAMPLE OF EARLY DESIGN OF PRINTING TELEGRAPH MACHINES.THIS MODEL IS EQUIPPED WITH A "WHO ARE YOU" FUNCTION NOT AVAILABLE ON NORTH AMERICAN MACHINES UNTIL THE 1940'S. THE BASIC SELECTING MECHANISM AND PRINT HEAD DESIGN WAS USED, WITH MODIFICATION, IN ALL CREED BAUDOT CODE MACHINES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFG. PLATE: 'CREED & CO. LTD./ LONDON./ PATENT NOS/ PATS IN U.S.A. 1534164 1639212/ 1639213 1682889/ MODEL NO 7A SERIAL NO 954/ CUSTOMERS MARKING'/ DECAL: 'MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND'/ MFG. PLATE ON MOTOR: 'The Croydon MOTOR/ THE CROYDON ENGINEERING CO. LTD./ CROYDON, ENGLAND./ TYPE M C G HUNT NO 9521 HP 40/ V 100/10 A.75 R.P.M. 2940'/ 3 ROWS OF KEYS: '1Q 2W 3E 4R 5T 6Y 7U 8I 9O 0P/ -A 'S WHO ARE YOU D %F @G [POUND NOTE]H BELL J (K )L CAR RET/ FIGS +Z /X:C =V ?B 'N.M LTRS LINE FEED'/ 'SPACE' ON BAR/ ON SIDE WHEEL: 'CREED GOVENOR 1927 TYPE/ PATENT APPLIED FOR'
Missing: From CA of 10/31/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing: three (3) rubber feet on teleprinter cover.
Finish: BLACK ENAMEL ON KEYBOARD BASE, PRINTER BASE, MOTOR AND COVER/ BALANCE OF PARTS NATURAL STEEL/ KEYS YELLOW WITH BLACK & RED PRINTING
Decoration: NIL

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Creed & Co. Ltd., Teleprinter, circa 1931, Artifact no. 1986.0703, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0703.001/

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