Cable, telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DOUBLE HEAD
- DATE
- 1993
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2010.1291.004
- MANUFACTURER
- Tung Kong Electrical Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 4
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Synthetic and metal cable.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.5 cm
- Width
- 3.5 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
- Tung Kong
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Reflecting the business trend of the late 1980s to move the manufacture of consumer goods “off-shore”, the phone was manufactured in Malaysia rather than one of Northern Telecom’s Canadian manufacturing facilities. - Function
-
To connect a telephone to an active telephone line. - Technical
-
Example of a multi feature business phone of the 1990s featuring an LCD display with both call display and a clock and a 10 preset memory buttons. Interestingly all of the phone features (redial, link, etc.) are written in French. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Recessed in the cable insulation: "TUNG KONG ELECTRICAL CO."
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Black cable with clear connectors.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Tung Kong Electrical Co., Cable, telephone, 1993, Artifact no. 2010.1291, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.1291.004/
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