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OBJECT TYPE: WALL/WOOD/DIAL
DATE: 1935
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0091.001

MANUFACTURER: NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LTD.
MODEL: N293G
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD TELEPHONE CABINET/ METAL WORKING PARTS, TRANSMITTER BLACK ENAMEL, INSIDE UNFINISHED/ BAKELITE MOUTHPIECE & RECEIVER/ FABRIC COVERED WIRES

Dimensions

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

Length: 24.2 cm
Width: 23.0 cm
Height: 17.8 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: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY LATE 1930'S THROUGH 1940'S
Canada: DEVELOPED, BUILT & USED IN CANADA
Function: TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS
Technical: EXAMPLE OF EARLY DIAL SET BASED ON EARLIER CENTRAL BATTERY SET DESIGN
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NUMBER PLATE IN RED: `1' TO `0', IN BLACK: `A' TO `P', `R' TO `V' & `OPERATOR' OVER `0'/ ON DIAL TAG: `AREA/ CODE/ 613'/ MFR'S DECAL: `Northern Electric Company/ LIMITED'/ SMALL METAL TAG ON TRANSMITTER: `337'/ INSIDE CABINET, STAMPED INTO DOOR: `N293G', ALSO ON BACK OF CABINET/ ON EAR PIECE OF RECEIVER IN RAISED PRINT: `NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED/ PAT. 1918 144'/ INCISED ON BACK OF TRANSMITTER: `NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED'
Missing: NONE, SOME SMALL CRACKS IN BOTTOM FRONT OF CABINET
Finish: BROWN STAINED WOOD CABINET/ METAL PARTS BLACK, EXCEPT FINGER STOP & SCREWS, UNFINISHED/ RECEIVER BROWN WITH SOME LIGHTER AREAS CAUSED FROM USE/ NUMBER PLATE IS WHITE WITH RED NUMBER & BLACK LETTERS & THE WORD OPERATOR/ DIAL TAG IS WHITE WITH BLACK PRINT/ MFR'S DECAL ON FRONT IS GOLD WITH BLACK PRINT/ SMALL METAL HOOK ON RIGHT BOTTOM OF CABINET/ MAY BE BLACK WALNUT FINISH ON CABINET/ ENAMEL WEARING OFF TRANSMITTER REVEALING BRASS UNDERNEATH.
Decoration: DOVE TAILED CABINET

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NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LTD., Telephone, 1935, Artifact no. 1994.0091, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0091.001/

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