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- OBJECT TYPE
- PUSH-PULL/2 POSITION SINGLE POLE
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0721.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cole
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL BODY/ SYNTHETIC BASE/ BAKELITE KNOB
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.3 cm
- Width
- 2.6 cm
- Height
- 3.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cole
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Boston
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 IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HEBEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING. - Function
-
DEVICE USED TO TURN OFF & ON COMPONENT OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OR ACCESSORY OF AUTOMOBILE. - Technical
-
SWITCH IS EXAMPLE OF NEW GENERATION OF MATERIAL & CONSTRUCTION METHODS, PROBABLY INFLUENCED BY DEVELOPMENT OF RADIO SWITCHING. EASY-ON PUSH/PULL SWITCHES WERE POPULAR BECAUSE OF EASE OF OPERATION & SIMPLICITY OF DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION. THIS SWITCH HAS 1/2 IN. MOUNT EXTENSION FOR METAL DASHBOARDS (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- METALLIC BODY & PARTS/ BROWN BASE/ BLACK KNOB
- Decoration
- N/A
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Cole, Switch, automotive, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1997.0721, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0721.001/
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