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- OBJECT TYPE
- 5 BAUDOT/PAGE/KSR
- DATE
- 1943–1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0455.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Teletype Corp.
- MODEL
- 15
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 49540 (BASE)
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON TYPING UNIT FRAME, BASE AND KEYBOARD/ MOVING PARTS AND SUB ASSEMBLIES, PUNCHED AND MACHINED STEEL/ PLASTICS USED FOR KEYS, GEARS AND TERMINAL BLOCKS/ FABRIC PADDING INSIDE COVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 51.0 cm
- Width
- 42.0 cm
- Height
- 39.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telegraphy
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Teletype
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1930 THROUGH 1960
- Canada
-
THE PREDOMINANT MACHINE USED FOR NEWS SERVICES IN CANADA. - Function
-
USED TO SEND AND RECEIVE TELEGRAPH MESSAGES IN PAGE PRINTED FORM. THE DEVICE USES THE 5 LEVEL BAUDOT CODE AND IS CAPABLE OF RECEIVING PRINTED COPY OF SPEEDS UP TO 75 WORDS PER MINUTE (WPM). - Technical
-
THE FIRST HEAVY DUTY, VERY RELIABLE NORTH AMERICAN DESIGNED TELEPRINTER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATES: 'TELETYPE/ REG US PAT OFF/ MANUFACTURED BY/ TELETYPE CORPORATION/ CHICAGO, U.S.A.' [3 TIMES]/ 'U.S. PATENTS/ 1595472 1632297 16351291766713'/ 'TELETYPE CORPORATION/ TYPE #15 PRINTER/ MAX. VOLTS 250 MAX. AMPS 3/ WARNING/ DO NOT APPLY VOLTAGE HIGHER/ THAN SPECIFIED ON MOTOR NAMEPLATE'/ PLATE ON BASE: '49540'/ PLATES ON CHASSIS: 'MU4''198334'/ PLATE ON KEYBOARD: '35970'/PLATE ON MOTOR READS IN PART: 'TELETYPE CORP./ CHICAGO, ILL./ AC SYN MOTOR/ MODEL 5SH25-AB11B/ TYPE SH FR 25A/ V 110 CY 60 PH 1/ HP 1/40 RPM 1600/ MADE IN U.S.A. BY/ GENERAL ELECTRIC/ SCHENECTADY, N.Y.'/ [SEE SUPP. INFO. FILE FOR PATENTS LISTING]/ PLATE ON COVER: 'PROPERTY OF/ DEPT. OF TRANSPORT/ Meterological Services'/[WEATHER MODEL KEYBOARD]
- Missing
- BROKEN LEFT FRAME
- Finish
- TYPING UNIT FRAMES, KEYBOARD BASE AND BASE, BLACK GLOSS ENAMEL/ OTHER PARTS NATURAL FINISH/ CASE, GRAY GREEN WRINKLE FINISH/ GREEN FABRIC.
- Decoration
- NIL
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Teletype Corp., Teleprinter, between 1943–1950, Artifact no. 1970.0455, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1970.0455.001/
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