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- OBJECT TYPE
- DESK/TOUCHTONE HANDSET DIAL
- DATE
- 1984–1995
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0155.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NORTHERN TELECOM
- MODEL
- CONTEMPRETTE
- LOCATION
- Hong Kong
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING, HANDSET, BUTTONS, HANDSET CORD, PARTS/ METAL PARTS/ RUBBER? PADS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.2 cm
- Width
- 9.5 cm
- Height
- 8.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NORTHERN TELECOM
- Country
- Hong Kong
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- MID 1980'S +
- Canada
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FOUNDED IN 1895 TO MFR. TELEPHONE & OTHER EQ. FOR BELL TELEPHONE CO. OF CANADA, NORTHERN ELECTRIC &MFG. CO. LTD. BECAME NORTHERN ELECTRIC LTD. IN 1914, NORTHERN TELECOM LTD. IN 1976, NORTEL IN 1995, NORTEL NETWORKS IN 1998, & WAS ALWAYS LEADING CANADIAN MFR. OF TELEPHONE & LATER TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQ. - Function
-
DEVICE USED IN HOME TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS FOR VOICE COMMUNICATION. IT CONVERTS HUMAN SPEECH INTO VARIATIONS OF ELECTRIC CURRENT FOR PURPOSE OF TRANSMISSION BY LINE, FIBRE, OR RADIO TO REMOTE OR LOCAL POINT WHERE SIGNALS ARE RECONVERTED INTO SOUND WAVES. - Technical
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CONTEMPRETTE WAS INTRODUCED IN 1984 & WAS MANUFACTURED IN HONG KONG WITH VERY FEW N.T. COMPONENTS. ITS PRIMARY MARKET WAS USA THROUGH NTI NASHVILLE & VERY FEW WERE AVAILABLE IN CANADA. (REF.1) - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED LETTERING ON CASING READS "contemprette"/ RAISED LETTERING ON HANDSET READS "nt [LOGO]/ northern/ telecom"/ BLACK LETTERING ON BUTTONS, WHITE LETTERING BELOW EACH BUTTON/ RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS "nt [LOGO]/ northern/ telecom/ LABELS ON UNDERSIDE READ "NTD 9293/ LN=20", "84/OCT", "Communications/ Canada/ 332 566 A" WITH CANADIAN FLAG LOGO, "URGENCE/ EMERGENCY/ 911/ COMMUNAUTE/ URBAINE/ DE MONTREAL"
- Missing
- MOUNTING CORD
- Finish
- TEXTURED BLUE-GREY CASING & HANDSET/ BLUE-GREY CORD/ BLACK BASE & PADS/ OFF-WHITE BUTTONS ON BLACK PLATE/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT PLUNGER
- Decoration
- N/A
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NORTHERN TELECOM, Telephone, between 1984–1995, Artifact no. 1999.0155, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0155.001/
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