Telephone, field
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LINEMAN'S
- DATE
- 1930–1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0057.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric Co.
- MODEL
- 17B
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN BOX/ METAL HARDWARE/ LEATHER HANDLE/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.2 cm
- Width
- 21.6 cm
- Height
- 12.7 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
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1930 THROUGH 1952
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED BY TELEPHONE LINEMEN TO COMMUNICATE WITH A TESTBOARD. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL ON FRONT: 'Western Electric/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ STAMPED ON BACK OF RECEIVER: '45/ MADE IN U.S.A./ WESTERN ELECTRIC'/ STAMPED ON TOP: 'TALK RING'/ STAMPED ON BOTTOM: '17B'
- Missing
- NIL/ BACK OF BOX MODIFIED BY DRILLING TWO HOLES TO BRING OUT WIRES
- Finish
- BOX, VARNISH FINISH/ ALL OTHER COMPONENTS, NATURAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric Co., Telephone, field, circa 1930–1939, Artifact no. 1970.0057, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1970.0057.001/
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