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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1996.0290.001

MANUFACTURER: Trimm Inc.
MODEL: FEATHERWEIGHT
LOCATION: Libertyville, Illinois, 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: METAL HEADBAND COVERED IN FABRIC; METAL AND SYNTHETIC EARPHONES; METAL CORDS COVERED WITH FABRIC.

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.5 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Height: 5.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Trimm
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Libertyville

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: THIS HEADSET USED BY DONOR BETWEEN 1963 AND 1996
Canada: PART OF THE CBC RADIO BROADCAST STUDIO INSIDE THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS, NANAIMO, B.C. THIS WAS ONE OF 7 UNDERGROUND BUNKERS BUILT ACROSS CANADA FROM 1959-1963 TO SHELTER GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY OFFICIALS, PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, AND ENSURE "CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT" AFTER A NUCLEAR ATTACK.
Function: USED TO CONVERT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO AUDIO SIGNALS AND TO AMPLIFY THE SOUND.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MOLDED IN OUTSIDE CASING OF EARPHONE: 'TRIMM/ FEATHERWEIGHT/ TRIMM INC./ LIBERTYVILLE, ILL., U.S.A.'
Missing: CONNECTIONS
Finish: BLACK HEADBAND; POLISHED METAL EARPHONE ATTACHMENTS; BLACK EARPHONES; BLACK CORD
Decoration: N/A

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Trimm Inc., Headset, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1996.0290, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0290.001/

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