General Information

Serial #

13006

Part Number

1

Total Parts

21

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 WOOD CASE WITH SYNTHETIC SIMULATED LEATHER COVERING, LEATHER HANDLE,METAL HARDWARE; SYNTHETIC INTERIOR PANEL, METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS, GLASS PART, GLASS RECTIFIER TUBE; PAPER SHEET INSIDE LID/.2-.7,.15-.20 METAL & SYNTHETIC/.8 GLASS, METAL, SYNTHETIC/.9-.10, 12-.13 METAL/.14 PAPER/.11,.21 CARDBOARD

Dimensions

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

Length

36.2 cm

Width

25.0 cm

Height

28.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Medical equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MCINTOSH

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

PART OF COLLECTION OF MR. JOSEF ELSENER; HE WAS SWISS BORN & TRAINED AS ARMOURER, EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1952 & BECAME BUSINESSMAN. HIS COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 1000 PIECES WAS FOCUSED ON FINELY MADE APPARATUS INCLUDING MACHINE TOOLS, SURVEYING EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL APPARATUS & SOME ELECTRICAL TEST & RADIO EQUIPMENT.

Function

DEVICE WHICH PRODUCES CURRENT FOR ELECTROLYSIS IN ORDER REMOVE SUPERFLUOUS HAIR, MOLES, ETC; IT WAS ALSO USED AS VIBRATOR & MASSAGER.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 BLACK LETTERING READING "DIRECTIONS FOR McINTOSH No. 5005 PORTABLE WALL PLATE" & "MANUFACTURED BY/ McIntosh Electrical Corporation/ New York Office, 303 Fourth Avenue./ Boston Office, 857 Boylston Street./ Pittsburg Office, 4002 Jenkins Arcade./ Seattle Office, Joshua Green Bldg./ Main Office and Factory, 223-233 N. California Ave.,/ Chicago, Illinois"; SILVER LETTERING ON INTERIOR PLATE READS "McINTOSH PORTABLE WALLPLATE/ CAT. No. 5005/ MANUFACTURED IN/ CHICAGO, U.S.A. BY/ McINTOSH ELECTRICAL CORPORATION/ SER. NO. 13006"/ INCISED LETTERING READING.2 "N/ 204",.3 "N 212",.5 "N 341"..7 "N 281"

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

.1 BLACK EXTERIOR & INTERIOR; CREAM PANEL; PLATED PARTS; BLACK SYNTHETIC; COLOURLESS GLASS/.2 BLACK & RED SYNTHETIC, PLATED METAL, WHITE & BLACK BRISTLES/.3-.6 BLACK HANDLES, PLATED METAL/.7 BLACK & RED SYNTHETIC, METALLIC METAL/.8 BLACK HANDLE, PLATED METAL, COLOURLESS GLASS/ 9-.10,.12-.13 PLATED/.15-.16 BRASS COLOURED METAL, BLACK SYNTHETIC/.17 BROWN,.18 BLUE/.19 BLACK/.20 BLACK & METALLIC/.11,.14,.21 WHITE

Decoration

.11 PRINTED LETTERING READS IN PART "MCINTOSH BATTERY & OPTICAL CO." WITH HANDWRITTEN "2#6600 SHARP NEEDLE"/.14 SHIPPING LABEL READS IN PART "FROM/ MCINTOSH ELECTRICAL CORPORATION/ ELECTRO-MEDICAL & PHYSICAL/ THERAPEUTIC APPARATUS/ 223-233 N. CALIFORNIA AVE./ CHICAGO, ILLINOIS"/.21 RED & BLACK LETTERING READING "Q.R.S./ FULL WAVE/ RECTIFIER TUBE/ 85 MILLS./ THE NEW IMPROVED/ FILAMENTLESS RECTIFIER/ PRICE/ $4.50"