General Information

Serial #

3-15

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD, METAL, PLASTIC, FIBRE, bakelite

Dimensions

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

Length

37.3 cm

Width

22.0 cm

Height

16.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Dictograph

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

LATE 1940'S TO 1950'S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED IN A CANADIAN LAW OFFICE/ THIS LAW FIRM WAS, & IS (1998), A PROMINENT ONE IN OTTAWA, & HAS BEEN IN EXISTANCE SINCE 1887.

Function

TO ALLOW FOR VERBAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT OFFICES OR LOCATIONS WHILE NOT USING OUTSIDE TELEPHONE LINES.

Technical

INTER-OFFICE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT SUCH AS THIS WAS PROMOTED AS MAKING BUSINESS MORE EFFICIENT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

STICKER ON BASE 'MANUFACTURED UNDER ONE OR/ MORE OF THE FOLLOWING U.S./ PATENTS: 1,841,771 2,181,715/ 2,003,689 2,240,509/ 2.005,990 2,393,354/ OTHERS PENDING', 'SERIAL/ NO. 3-15/ DESCRIPTION/ NO. E-14-0/ CIRCUIT/ NO. 3946A/ HOMELINE/ NO./ DICTOGRAPH PRODUCTS INC./ 95-25 149TH STREET/ JAMAICA/ NEW YORK, N.Y./ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ ANOTHER STICKER 'MIKE', 'TURN/ CLOCKWISE/ TO INCREASE/ VOLUME', 'SPKR'/ FRONT PANEL 'L S SPEAKER/ AMY SCOTT G.PR. MYERS THURBER/ [?C]OUSTICON DICTOGRAPH COMPA[NY] [?] [ADA LTD.]/ MAC TAVISH HENDERSON EATON WATSON MC CLEN'N PATENTS'

Missing

N/A

Finish

CABINET HAS CLEAR FINISH OVER DARK BROWN WOOD GRAIN, PANEL IN BLACK WITH WHITE MKGS; DARK BROWN CORD; MATTE BLACK BOX

Decoration

HAS CURVED CORNERS AT FRONT