Telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DESK-WALL/TOUCHTONE HANDSET DIAL
- DATE
- 1976
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2010.1289.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Contempra
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- QSK 2100 AX
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Synthetic telephone with metal parts.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.5 cm
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 8.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Northern Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Designed and built in Canada. This was the first telephone designed by Northern Electric. Previous Northern Electric products had been American designs. Contempra phones were installed in many Canadian homes. - Function
-
Used to transmit and receive telephone signals for voice communication. - Technical
-
Comtempra was introduced in 1968 and was the first dial-in-hand design. Although it incorporated a standard transmitter, receiver and ringer, this phone was the product of extensive market testing and industrial design. It featured: dial and 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. This is a later model Contempra phone with a Digitone Keypad mounted in the handset rather than a rotary dial. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- In raised letters in the cradle of the handset: "contempra"/ Keys are labeled with numbers, letters, as well as "*" and "#" symbols./ In raised letters on near the mouthpiece of the handset and on white labels: "nt [logo]/ northern/ telecom/ RD 1967"/ Stamped on the bottom: "QSK 2100 AX"/ Label on the proper bottom: "Property of/ Propriété de/ Bell/ Canada"/ In raised letters on the proper bottom: "NE [logo]/ Northern Electric*/ COMPANY LIMITED/ MADE IN CANADA/ CANADIAN/ PATENTED/ RD 1957/ U.S. PAT./ DES 212423/ *TRADEMARKS OF NORTHERN ELECTRIC/ TELEPHONE COMPANY PROPERTY/ NOT FOR SALE"
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Dark red synthetic casing and cord with translucent white keys on a grey keypad and a white label on the handset.The proper bottom is grey and there is a connected light grey telephone cable.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Electric Co. Ltd., Telephone, after 1976, Artifact no. 2010.1289, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.1289.001/
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