Pager, telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NUMERIC/158.1000 MHZ/BATTERY
- DATE
- 1983
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0042.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Motorola
- MODEL
- A03BGB4661CA/BPR-2000
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- RL5BLF4493
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.8 cm
- Width
- 5.9 cm
- Height
- 3.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Motorola
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1980S
- Canada
-
FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1950S, PAGERS WERE FIRST WIDELY USED PERSONAL RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICES. FIRST PAGING SYSTEM IN CANADA WAS LICENSED IN 1968. THIS IS EXAMPLE OF PAGER USED IN CANADA IN 1980S. IT WAS RETURNED TO BELL MOBILITY BY CLIENT & SINCE IT WAS OBSOLETE & INTENDED FOR DISPOSAL IT WAS KEPT BY DONOR, WHO WAS * - Function
-
DEVICE USED TO RECEIVE RADIO SIGNAL SENT BY PAGING SERVICE, GENERATE TONE, & DISPLAY TELEPHONE NUMBER NOTIFYING USER OF SOMEONE SEEKING COMMUNICATION WITH HIM OR HER. - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF NUMERIC DISPLAY & PAGING TECHNOLOGY/ THIS NUMERIC PAGER HELD 4 NUMBERS IN MEMORY SO USER'S NUMBER COULD BE GIVEN OUT TO NUMBER OF PEOPLE (REF. 3). - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LABEL READING "Page Rapide [SCRIPT]/ RECOMPENSEE SI TROUVE/ 514-528-5396/ REWARD IF FOUND/ MODEL: A03BGB4661CA/ FREQ: 158.1000 MHZ./ SERIAL: RL5BLF4493/ BPR-2000"/ INDENTED LOGO READING "MOTOROLA"/ HANDWRITTEN "551101"
- Missing
- LABELS?
- Finish
- TEXTURED BLACK EXTERIOR
- Decoration
- N/A
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Motorola, Pager, telephone, circa 1983, Artifact no. 2003.0042, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0042.001/
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