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OBJECT TYPE: HORN/PUSH-ON/ELECTRIC
DATE: 1932
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0724.001

MANUFACTURER: MASSE
MODEL: Unknown
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: STEEL BODY WITH BAKELITE BUTTON

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 4.5 cm
Height: 2.6 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: MASSE
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1932
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 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: AUDIO WARNING DEVICE CONSISTING OF PUSH-ON SWITCH, SERVING TO WARN OTHER ROAD USERS OF CAR'S PRESENCE.
Technical: EARLY SWITCH WITH SIMPLE SWITCHING ACTION MADE FOR EASY SERVICE BY CAR OWNER, IN CONTRAST TO WHAT WOULD SOON FOLLOW. IT WAS MADE FOR SURFACE MOUNTING ON WOODEN OR METAL DASHBOARDS, APPROACH SOON TO BE ABANDONED FOR FLUSH MOUNTED SWITCHES & CONTROLS (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING READING "MASSE"
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: PLATED BASE/ BRUSHED? TOP/ BLACK BUTTON
Decoration: N/A

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MASSE, Switch, automotive, circa 1932, Artifact no. 1997.0724, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0724.001/

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