General Information

Serial #

7282

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 CAST ALUMINUM BASE & SELECTOR ASSEMBLY/ REST OF MACHINERY IS PRESSED STEEL ASSEMBLIES/ DRIVE GEARS MAINLY SYNTHETIC/.2 CAST ALUMINUM & BAR STOCK

Dimensions

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

Length

45.7 cm

Width

43.2 cm

Height

34.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telegraphy

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Creed

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS MODEL, MID 50s TO MID 60s

Canada

NOT SIGNIFICANT/ USED IN CANADA

Function

USED TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE PRINTED PAGE COMMUNICATION VIA CABLE (TELEPHONE) AND/OR RADIO AT HIGH SPEED.

Technical

ONE OF MANY TELEPRINTER MODELS BRIDGING TECHNOLOGY FROM MANUAL MORSE CODE COMMUNICATION TO MODERN COMPUTER DRIVEN 8 LEVEL ASCII PRINTERS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON FRONT: 'Creed/ Les Teleimprimeurs Paris'/ THREE ROWS OF KEYS: '1Q/ 2W/ 3E/ 4R/ 5T/ 6Y/ 7U/ 8I/ 9O/ 0P/ ____A/ BELLS S/ ___D/ ___F/ ___G/ ___H/ ____J/ ____K/ ____L/ CAR RET/ RUN OUT/ FIGS/ +Z/X/ Oc/ ___V/ ___B/ ___N/.M/ LTRS/ LINE FEED/ -'/ IN CRAYON ON FRONT: '#3'

Missing

MOTOR START CAPACITOR NOT PROVIDED/POWER CORDS MUST BE REPLACED/ NO REPERFORATOR ATTACHMENT INCLUDED.

Finish

GRAY SIMULATED LEATHER ENAMEL

Decoration

CREED NAME IN SCROLLED CHROME ON LEFT FRONT OF CASE.