General Information

Serial #

25873

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL AND SYNTHETIC MIKES/ CASES: WOOD COVERED WITH PAPER AND LINED WITH FABRIC; METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

11.0 cm

Width

9.0 cm

Height

4.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

AKG

Country

Austria

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

Period

PROBABLY THE 1950S AND 1960S

Canada

PART OF THE CBC RADIO BROADCAST STUDIO INSIDE THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS, NANAIMO, B.C. THIS WAS ONE OF 7 UNDERGROUND BUNKERS BUIULT ACROSSCANADA FROM 1959-1963 TO SHELTER GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY OFFICIALS, PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, AND ENSURE "CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT" AFTER A NUCLEAR ATTACK.

Function

USED TO PICK-UP SOUND, VOICE AND/OR MUSIC AND CONVERT IT TO COMPLEX ALTERNATING CURRENT. THE ALTERNATING CURRENT IS AMPLIFIED TO MODULATE A RADIO TRANSMITTER.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 AND.2: TWO LABELS ON EACH - 'GES AKG M.B.H.'/ LABEL INSIDE END OF MIKES: '200'/ PRINTED ON OUTSIDE OF CORD SOCKET: 'P3-CG-12S'/ EMBOSSED ON CORD SOCKET PLUG: 'CANNON 1 2 3'/ CASES: STAMPED INTO BOTTOM OF BASE: '[LOGO]/ AKG'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

MIKES: SHINY CHROMED FINISH WITH BLACK CORDS; BROWN AND YELLOW LABEL ON EACH SIDE/ CASE: BLACK SIMULATED LEATHER ON OUTSIDE; RED FABRIC INSIDE LID AND YELLOW FABRIC INSIDE BASE

Decoration

N/A