Telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WOOD/PORTABLE/DRY CELL BATTERIES
- DATE
- 1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0323.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 64/50/N3E
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- OAK CABINET, WOOD INDUCTION COIL ENDS/ BRASS XMTR,TERMINALS, HANDLE, CORD BANDS, HINGES, CONTACT SPRING, LID CORNERS, WING NUT LOCK & PLATE, SCREWS, XMTR MOUNTING & HEADBAND BRACKETS/ STEEL HEADBAND, INSET RCVR & DIAPHRAGM & CONDENSER/ PLASTIC HEADBANDPROTECTOR & COIL COVER/ BAKELITERCVR COVER, MOUTHPIECE & PUSH BUTTON
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 34.3 cm
- Width
- 32.3 cm
- Height
- 12.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NORTHERN ELECTRIC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1946-1960
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS/ USED BY AN ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AS A PORTABLE UNIT - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK PAINTED LID:'64/ OTTAWA'/ LID DECAL:'Northern Electric Company/LIMITED'/ INCISED INSIDE LID: '50' & 'N3E'/ INCISED CONDENSER: 'CONDENSER 21AL/1 MF/ NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LIMITED/ PAT. 1914'/ BATTERIES: WHITE LETTERS: 'RAY-O-VAC'/ BLUE LETTERS: 'IGNITION/ DRY CELL'/ WHITE LETTERS: 'RAY-O-VAC'/ (CANADA) LIMITED/ WINNIPEG, MANITOBA/ MADE IN CANADA/ NO. 6 IGN.- 1 1/2 VOLTS'/BLACK PAINTED OAK: 'ASS'T./ SUP'T.' (BACK), & '64/ OTTAWA' (FRONT)/ HEADBAND: RAISED LETTERS: '15D' & 'PATENTED 1951'/ INCISED RECEIVER: '45/ MADE IN USA/ WESTERN ELECTRIC'/ RAISED LETTERED MOUTHPIECE:'PAT'D FEB. 28-1911-APRIL 4-1911/INCISED XMTR:'118'/ INCISED BAND: '2-0/ R2FA'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- STAINED & VARNISHED OAK/ VARNISHED WOOD COIL ENDS/ BLACK PAINTED BRASS XMTR, HEADBAND & XMTR BRACKET & RCVR BACK & STEEL DIAPHRAGM (ONE SIDE; THE OTHER SIDE IS LACQUERED), CONDENSER, INSET RECEIVER PARTS, & HEADBANDBRACKET/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS TERMINALS, HINGES, HANDLE, CONTACT SPRING, LID CORNERS, LOCK & PLATE & SCREWS & STEEL HEADBAND/ YELLOW, BLUE & RED PAPER BATTERY COVERS/ BROWN COTTON/ BLACK BAKELITE & PLASTIC HEADBAND PROTECTOR & GREEN COIL COVERS.
- Decoration
- DOVE-TAILED CABINET/ GOLD DECAL WITH BLACK BORDER & LETTERING
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Northern Electric Co. Ltd., Telephone, circa 1951, Artifact no. 1969.0323, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1969.0323.001/
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