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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1923
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0260.001

MANUFACTURER: MANIFOLDIA LTD.
MODEL: POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER & INK.

Dimensions

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

Length: 12.7 cm
Width: 8.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: MANIFOLDIA
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TELEGRAM WAS PRINTED IN 1924.
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO RELAY PRINTED VERSION OF A MESSAGE RECEIVED VIA TELEGRAPH.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF ONCE-COMMON TELEGRAM, NOW LARGELY REPLACED BY TELEPHONE AND EMAIL AS MEANS OF COMMUNICATING BRIEFLY OVER LONG DISTANCES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 Telegram form reads in part: "POST OFFICE [logo] TELEGRAPHS./ If the receiver of an Inland Telegram doubts its accuracy he may have it repeated/ on payment of half the amount originally paidfor its transmission, and if it be/ found that there was any inaccuracy the amount paid for repetition will be refunded./ Special conditions are applicable to the repetition of Foreign Telegrams." & "No. of Telegram 2124/ Office Stamp/ LIVERPOOL/ 19AUG24". Message reads in part "MIRIAM BURLAND OVERSEAS EDUCATION LEAGUE/ CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP MONTREAL LPOOL/ = BON VOYAGE = AUNTIE+ "..2 envelope reads in part "TELEGRAM./ NO CHARGE FOR DELIVERY.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: .1 BUFF COLOURED PAPER; BLACK PRINT; OFF-WHITE PAPER TICKER TAPE/.2 ORANGE-BROWN PAPER ENVELOPE; BLACK INK & PENCIL LEAD.
Decoration: N/A

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MANIFOLDIA LTD., Telegram, after 1923, Artifact no. 1996.0260, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0260.001/

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