Lock, telephone dial
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- OBJECT TYPE
- KEY OPERATED
- DATE
- 1937–1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0178.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Yale & Towne Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- PHONE LOCK
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- KEYS & LOCKS - METAL/ SYNTHETIC BAGS/ PAPER DISPLAY CARD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.5 cm
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Yale Towne
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THESE ARE NEW ON THE ORIGINAL DISPLAY CARD
- Canada
-
AVAILABLE IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO LOCK A TELEPHONE DIAL TO PREVENT OUTGOING CALLS FROM BEING MADE FROM THAT TELEPHONE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF TECHNIQUE USED TO PREVENT LONG DISTANCE CALLS FROM BEING MADE WHEN NO ONE WITH PROPER AUTOHORITY WAS IN ATTENDANCE. NO LONGER USEFUL WITH TOUCH-TONE PHONES & WITH MODERN ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS BUSINESS LINES CAN BE PROGRAMMED TO NOT ACCEPT LONG DISTANCES CALLS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LOCKS: NO MARKINGS/ KEYS: 'THE YALE & TOWNE MFG. CO./ YALE/ CH569 [OTHER KEYS HAVE DIFFERENT S/N]/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ PRINTING ON DISPLAY CARD: 'YALE/ PHONE LOCK/ EASY TO INSTALL/ ONLY $11.00/ PROTECTION FOR/ YOUR PHONE BILLS.. WHEN YOU'RE AWAY[EXCLAMATION]/ Allows incoming calls. Prevents outgoing calls./ Saves on phone bills. Can be keyed alike/ PRINTED IN U.S.A.'
- Missing
- CARD ORIGINALLY HAD SIX LOCKS - TWO OF WHICH ARE MISSING - ONE HAS STORAGE BAG MISSING
- Finish
- LOCKS - CHROME FINISH/ DISPLAY CARD - RED, BLACK & YELLOW PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Lock, telephone dial, between 1937–1950, Artifact no. 1994.0178, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0178.001/
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