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- OBJECT TYPE
- DESK-WALL/TOUCHTONE HANDSET DIAL
- DATE
- 1987–1995
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0156.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Telecom
- MODEL
- ELAN
- LOCATION
- Canada
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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 & MOUNTING CORDS, PARTS/ METAL PARTS/ CARDBOARD NUMBER LIST WITH PLASTIC COVER/ RUBBER? PADS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.0 cm
- Width
- 7.8 cm
- Height
- 6.0 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- LATE 1980'S +
- Canada
-
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. IN1976, 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
-
SOLO DESK/WALL SET [LOOKS SAME AS ELAN] WAS INTRODUCED IN 1987. ITS DESIGN WAS BASED ON EXTENSIVE CUSTOMER RESEARCH. IT HAS UNIQUE DIAL BUTTONS & FEATURED PROGRAMMABLE EMERGENCY NUMBERS & TEN SPEED CALL NUMBERS. (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED LETTERING ON CASING READS "nt [LOGO]/ northern/ telecom"/ BLACK "ELAN" ON CARD WITH HANDWRITTEN 363-6926, NAMES & NUMBERS/ BLACK LETTERING ON BUTTONS/ RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS "nt [LOGO]/ northern/ telecom/ RD. 1986"/ LABELS ON UNDERSIDE READS "ELAN 112" & "Maisons des Pionniers/ 13 Strathyre/ laSalle, Que/ H8R 3P5"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- LIGHT GREY CASING, HANDSET, HANDSET CORD/ CHARCOAL BASE & PADS/ LIGHT GREY BUTTONS ON GREY PLATE/ GREY PLUNGER/ WHITE MOUNTING CORD
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Telecom, Telephone, between 1987–1995, Artifact no. 1999.0156, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0156.001/
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