Handset
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0103.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric Co.
- MODEL
- IE (HANDSET) [ADDCOMM]
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS HANDSET, TRANSMITTER COVER, & PARTS/ BAKELITE RECEIVER COVER & PUSH BUTTON/ STEEL PARTS/ SHEET METAL DIAPHRAPMS/ COTTON WRAPPED WIRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.5 cm
- Width
- 6.6 cm
- Height
- 6.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED IN HANDSET IS: 'IE'/ ENGRAVED RECEIVER READS: '131BW 78' & 'WESTERN ELECTRIC MADE IN USA'/ ENGRAVED TRANSMITTER READS: '285 BW'/ ENGRAVED PLUG READS: '110/ CR'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BRASS PAINTED BLACK, EXCEPT FOR INSET TRANSMITTER WHICHIS NICKEL PLATED/ BLACK BAKELITE/ BLACK PAINTED STEEL & ONE SIDE OF SHEET METALDIAPHRAGM, THE OTHER SIDE IS LACQUERED/ STEEL INSET RECEIVER COIL ENDS PAINTED PURPLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric Co., Handset, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1978.0103, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1978.0103.002/
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