Subscriber set
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0104.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric Co.
- MODEL
- 521A (UNIT)
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- OAK CABINET & BATTERY BOX/ BRASS & STEEL PARTS/ RUBBER FEET/ BAKELITE SIGNAL BUTTON & COIL ENDS/ COTTON WRAPPED WIRE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.4 cm
- Width
- 14.3 cm
- Height
- 16.1 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
- CIRCA 1920
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED IN INSIDE RIM OF UNIT IS:'58'/ ENGRAVED CONDENSER READS:'CONDENSER 21D/ CAPACITY 2MF/ WESTERN ELECTRIC/ MADE IN USA'/ ENGRAVED IN PLUG SOCKET IS:'23A'/ ENGRAVED IN SIGNAL CONTACT SPRING IS:'PAT IN USA 1214 15/92A'/EMBOSSED PLATE READS:'TRADE MARK/ Western Electric/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ 521 A/SUBSCRIBER SET/ MADE IN U.S.A.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LIGHT STAINED OAK/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS TERMINALS, ON-OFF BUTTON, HINGE, SCREWS & PLATES/STEEL CONDENSER PAINTED BLACK/ CHROME PLATED STEEL COVER/ BLACK PAINTED WOODEN COIL ENDS/ BLACK & BROWN BAKELITE/ BLACK PAINTED BACKGROUND ON PUSH-PULL BUTTON & MFR'S PLATES
- Decoration
- DOVE-TAILED UNIT/ ENGRAVED BUTTON INSTRUCTIONS PAINTED WHITE
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Western Electric Co., Subscriber set, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1978.0104, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1978.0104.001/
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