General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

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

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 TELECOM

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1971+

Canada

DESIGNED & BUILT IN CANAD. 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 INTRODUCEDIN 1968 & WAS FIRST DIAL-IN-HAND DESIGN. ALTHOUGH IT INCORPORATED STANDARD 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

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Details

Markings

RAISED LETTERING ON TELEPHONE READS "contempra"/ RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS "northern/ telecom" WITH PATENT INFO./ RAISED LETTERING ON HANDSET READS "northern/ telecom/ RD 1967"/ BLUE PRINTED WHITE LABELS ON TELEPHONE & HANDSET READ "BELL/ Region 514/ 484-9016"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

CREAM-COLOURED CASING, HANDSET & CORD/ GREY CORD/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT DIAL/ WHITE PAPER/ GREY BASE

Decoration

NT LOGO ON HANDSET & TELEPHONE BASE