Cable, automotive

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OBJECT TYPE: ELECTRICAL/GENERATOR BRUSH LEAD
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0713.001

MANUFACTURER: PACKARD ELECTRIC CO.
MODEL: 876
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL WIRE/ COTTON COVERING/ STEEL SPOOL

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 6.5 cm
Height: 4.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Servicing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: PACKARD
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1940 +
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE INTORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: CABLE OF TYPE USED IN AUTOMOBILE ENGINE, USUALLY IN SHORT PIECES, TO ATTACH FROM MOVEABLE BRUSH-HOLDER IN GENERATOR TO FIX STATOR CONNECTIONS & TERMINALS (REF. 1).
Technical: SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF SPECIALIZED WIRE & CABLE REQUIRED BY AUTO-ELECTRIC INDUSTRY, ON WHICH SUCCESSFUL & SUSTAINED TROUBLE FREE OPERATION OF ITS EQUIPMENT WAS DEPENDENT. THIS WIRE IS UNUSUALLY FLEXIBLE FOR ITS PERIOD. STEEL REEL CONSTRUCTION IS CHARACTERISTIC OF 1930S (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE LETTERING ON EITHER SIDE OF SPOOL READS "AUTOMOTIVE CABLES/ IF YOU SEE THIS ASCO IT'S SAFE TO BUY/ ASCO TORONTO/ 50 FEET/ STOCK NO./ 876"
Missing: PARTIAL REEL ONLY
Finish: BLACK WIRE COVERING/ GLOSSY NAVY BLUE PAINTED SPOOL
Decoration: WHITE LINING ON SPOOL

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PACKARD ELECTRIC CO., Cable, automotive, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1997.0713, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0713.001/

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