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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0719.002

MANUFACTURER: General Automotive Specialty Co. Inc.
MODEL: ULS 700
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: NF79 (KEYS)
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CARDBOARD

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Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Automotive parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: General Automotive
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1940 +
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: DEVICE WHICH TURNS ON OR OFF ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT ACTUATING STARTING MOTOR OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF AUTOMOBILE, AS WELL AS OTHER LIGHTING & ACCESSORY CIRCUITS. THIS SWITCH TURNS LEFT TO INITIATE ALL CIRCUITS EXCEPT STARTING & KEY TURNS RIGHT FOR STARTING ELECTRIC STARTING MOTOR.
Technical: EARLY IGNITION SWITCH LOCK USING RELATIVELY SOPHISTICATED MATERIALS & FABRICATION METHODS FOR PERIOD, MARKETED FOR USE IN CARS, TRUCKS, MOTOR BOATS, AIRCRAFT. ITS 7/8 IN. EXTENSION BODY ALLOWED IT TO BE USED ON WOODEN COWLS & DASHBOARDS AS WELL AS LATER METAL ONES (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON BOX READS "GENERAL/ ELECTRICAL SWITCH/ FOR GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE USE/ GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE/ SPECIALTY CO., INC./ NEW YORK, N.Y."; "for/ ELECTRICAL/ ACCESSORIES/ IGNITION, RADIO/ ETC."; "for/ PASSENGER CARS/ TRUCKS/ MOTOR BOATS/ AIRCRAFT"; "GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE/ SPECIALTY CO., INC./ NEW YORK, N.Y./ MADE IN U.S.A."; "ULS 700/ LOCK SWITCH/ 3 TERMINAL/ SA 51"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: WHITE & BLACK BOX WITH RED SECTION
Decoration: BLACK STRIPING

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General Automotive Specialty Co. Inc., Box, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1997.0719, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0719.002/

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