Booth, telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WOOD/ENCLOSED/DOUBLE WALL
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0136.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CABINET WITH METAL HARDWARE/ GLASS WINDOWS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 106.0 cm
- Width
- 98.0 cm
- Height
- 208.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE TELEPHONE(i.e. EARLY 1900'S) - Function
-
TO PROVIDE FOR A PRIVATE SPACE TO ENGAGE IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION IN A PUBLIC AREA. - Technical
-
DOUBLE WALLS ATTEMPTED TO PROVIDE SOUND INSULATION, BOTHFOR THE CALLER AND FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND. TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WAS NOT TOO EFFICIENT AND, THEREFORE, CALLERS SOMETIMES HAD TO SHOUT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON FRONT OF DOOR: 'PROPERTY OF/ BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY/ OF CANADA'
- Missing
- TELEPHONE
- Finish
- WOOD STAINED & VARNISHED/ INNDER DOOR KNOB PAINTED GOLD/ FLOOR PAINTED GREY
- Decoration
- 3 ARCHED WINDOWS/ DOUBLE MOLDING AROUND TOP OF BOOTH/ ALTERNATE RECESSED PANELS ON ALL 4 SIDES/ DECORATIVE CARVING ON OUTSIDE DOORKNOB
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Unknown Manufacturer, Booth, telephone, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1991.0136, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0136.001/
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