Dial, telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTARY
- DATE
- 1937–1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0095.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- N13C
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 7.5 cm
- Height
- 3.5 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
- PROBABLY 1930'S & 1940'S
- Canada
-
MADE & USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TO BE USED WITH AN AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE SET TO CONTROL CENTRAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT FOR SETTING UP A CONNECTION TO ANOTHER TELEPHONE SET - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF FAIRLY EARLY DIAL MECHANISM; FACE PLATE WITH NUMBERS ONLY; I.E. BEFORE THE PERIOD OF 'NAMED' TELEPHONE EXCHANGES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON FINGER PLATE: 'NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY/ LIMITED'/ ON MOVABLE NUMBER PLATE: 'REMOVE RECEIVER/ PULL DIAL AROUND TO STOP AND LET GO/ Northern Electric Company LIMITED'/ ON NUMBER PLATE: '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 LONG DISTANCE'
- Missing
- CONNECTING CORDS/ GOVENOR ASSEMBLY BRACKET/ SHUNT SPRING
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED FINGER PLATE WITH SILVER PRINTING/ WHITE NUMBER PLATE WITH BLACK NUMBERS
- Decoration
- N/A
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NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LTD., Dial, telephone, circa 1937–1940, Artifact no. 1990.0095, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0095.001/
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