Telephone

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OBJECT TYPE: CANDLESTICK/DIAL
DATE: 1931
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0092.001

MANUFACTURER: Western Electric
MODEL: 1050AL
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BAKELITE MOUTHPIECE & RECEIVER/ METAL BASE, HANDLE & TRANSMITTER/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ FABRIC COVERED WIRES

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 13.5 cm
Height: 35.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Western Electric
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY USED THROUGH THE 1930'S
Canada: Unknown
Function: TELEPHONE SET FOR USE WITH DIAL AUTOMATIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS
Technical: EXAMPLE OF DIAL CANDLESTICK SET OF THE EARLY 1930'S. SETS OF THIS TYPE WERE IN USE FROM APPROX. 1920 TO 1940'S. WESTERN ELECTRIC & NORTHERN ELECTRIC TELEPHONES OF THE PERIOD WERE MADE TO THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS DURING THAT TIME.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE ON FRONT OF TRASMITTER: `PROPERTY OF/ AMERICAN TEL&TEL CO/ 337/ PAT USA 1 14 13 3 23 15'/ INCISED ON BACK TRASMITTER: `PROPERTY OF THE AMERICAN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY'/ INCISED ON TOP OF RECEIVER: `PAT IN USA APRIL 16 1918/ MAY 20 1918 JUNE 3 1918'/ BACK OF LUG HOLDER: `50AL'/ NUMBER PLATE: `1' TO `0' (OPERATOR PRINTED OVER `0')/ INCISED ON SIDE OF BASE: `PAT IN USA SEPT [?] JAN 26 15 JAN 1 18 MAY 7 8'/ STAMPED INTO FINGER STOP: `2AA'
Missing: DESK STAND CORD (PROBABLY #550) & SUB SET WHICH CONTAINED THE BELLS, CONDENSER ETC.
Finish: NUMBER PLATE WHITE WITH BLACK PRINT, DIRTY/ BLACK/ BROWN CORD & FELT CUSHION ON BASE PLATE
Decoration: N/A

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Western Electric, Telephone, circa 1931, Artifact no. 1994.0092, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0092.001/

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