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OBJECT TYPE: product
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.1287.003

MANUFACTURER: Western Electric
MODEL: Princess Phone
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Cardboard box.

Dimensions

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

Length: 26.6 cm
Width: 14.0 cm
Height: 11.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Telephony
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Western Electric
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Founded in 1895 to manufacture telephone and other equipment for Bell Telephone Co. of Canada, Northern Electric & Mfg. Co. Ltd. became Northern Electric Ltd. in 1914, Northern Telecom Ltd. in 1976, Nortel in 1995, Nortel Networks in 1998, and was always leading Canadian manufacture of telephone and later telecommunications equipment.
Function: To identify, advertise and protect its contents before being sold and used.
Technical: The rotary dial Princess set was introduced in 1965 and was the first decorator set produced by Northern Electric from Western Electric design. The illuminated dial was intended to make it suitable for bedroom use.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Printed on the proper front and proper back: "The Princess Phone/ IT'S LITTLE... IT'S LOVELY...IT LIGHTS!"/ Printed on the proper right and left sides: "The Princess Phone/ Western Electric/ MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY UNIT/ OF THE BELL SYSTEM"/ Stamped on the proper right: "702B-58 WHITE"/ Handwritten on the proper left: "FIRST PRODUCTION/ PRINCESS SET"/
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Predominantly teal box with white and pink designs and some black printed markings.
Decoration: N/A

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Western Electric, Box, circa 1965, Artifact no. 2010.1287, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.1287.003/

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