General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

METAL BASE, WIRING, WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CASING, DIAL, CORD COVERING, PARTS

Dimensions

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

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Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NORTHERN ELECTRIC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1971+

Canada

DESIGNED & BUILT IN CANADA: THIS WAS FIRST TELEPHONE DESIGNED BY NORTHERN ELECTRIC.PREVIOUS N.E. PRODUCTS HAD BEEN AMERICAN DESIGNS. CONTEMPRA PHONES WERE INSTALLED IN MANY CANADIAN HOMES.

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

COMTEMPRA WAS INTRODUCED IN 1968 & WAS FIRST DIAL-IN-HAND DESIGN. ALTHOUGH IT INCORPORATED EXISTING TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER & RINGER, THIS PHONE WAS PRODUCT OF EXTENSIVE MARKET TESTING & INDUSTRIAL DESIGN. IT FEATURED: DIAL & CALL CANCEL BUTTON ON HANDSET; SUITABILITY FOR DESK OR WALL USE WITHOUT MODIFICATION; EXTENSIVE USE OF PLASTICS. IT WAS SHOWN AT NEW YORK'S MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RAISED LETTERING ON TELEPHONE READS "contempra"/ RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS "Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ Rd 1967/ MADE IN CANADA" WITH PATENT INFO./ LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS "RECONDITIONED BY/PAR/ PRIMETRONICS/ 42 KODIAK CRESCENT/ DOWNSVIEW, ONT. M3J 3G5/ ROTARY/ T TONE"/ LABEL READS "Hydro/ Quebec/ HydroDirect/ 1800 790/ 2424"/ RAISED LETTERING ON HANDSET READS "Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ Rd 1967/ MADE IN CANADA"/ BLACK HAND LETTERING ON HANDSET READS "HIQAK=75"/ RAISED PATENT INFO. ON HANDSET/ BLACK LETTERING FOR NUMBERS & LETTERS ON DIAL

Missing

NUMBER CARD WINDOWS ON HANDSET & BASE/ LINE CORD IS NOT ORIGINAL; LINE CORD CONNECTION HAS BEEN MODIFIED BY SOLDERING CORD TO HOOK SWITCH INSTEAD OF TERMINATING IT ON NETWORK

Finish

MEDIUM BLUE CASING, HANDSET & CORD/ GREY CORD/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT DIAL/ MEDIUM BLUE CORD (NOT ORIGINAL)/ GREY BASE

Decoration

NE LOGO ON HANDSET