Telephone

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OBJECT TYPE: MAGNETO/DESK
DATE: 1948
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1249.001

MANUFACTURER: Northern Electric
MODEL: UNIPHONE 5/TYPE 1
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 BAKELITE & OTHER SYNTHETIC/.2 WOODEN CASE, METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS, METAL BELLS

Dimensions

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

Length: 22.5 cm
Width: 15.0 cm
Height: 15.0 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: Unknown
Period: UNIPHONES WERE FIRST DESIGNED IN 1936 AND WERE IN GENERAL USE WELL INTO THE 1970S'
Canada: DESIGNED, MANUFACTURED & USED IN CANADA
Function: TO SEND AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS ON A MAGNETO SYSTEM. THIS SUBSET IS FOR HEAVY LOAD RURAL SERVICE, WHERE PUSH BUTTON SIGNALLYING CENTRAL OFFICE AND SIMPLEX RINGING IS USED.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1: EMBOSSED IN BACK: 'Northern Electric/ MADE IN CANADA'/ PAINTED ON BOTTOM: 'NO-5'/ PRINTED ON PAPER IN FRONT: '5-5300/ RING 32'/.2: ON INSIDE OF DOOR 'III-48/ N400CG'/ STAMPED ON DEVICE MOUNTED ON INSIDE BACK: 'MAY 10 1948'/ STAMPED IN GENERATOR'48-A'/ ON RINGER: '38B'/ DESIGNATIONS PRINTED ON LABELS ATTACHED TO INSIDE OF BASE
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1 BLACK/.2 OUTSIDE PAINTED GLOSS BLACK
Decoration: N/A

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Northern Electric, Telephone, circa 1948, Artifact no. 1988.1249, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1249.001/

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