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OBJECT TYPE: 5 BAUDOT/PAGE/ASR
DATE: 1948
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1975.0011.001

MANUFACTURER: Teletype Corp.
MODEL: 19
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 133027
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 109.0 cm
Width: 59.7 cm
Height: 91.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Telegraphy
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Teletype
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1948 TO 1965
Canada: NIL
Function: TO RECEIVE & TRANSLATE TELEGRAPH SIGNALS INTO A PRINTED FORMAT ON PAPER PAGE & TO SEND AUTOMATIC, MAXIMUM CIRCUIT SPEED, TELEGRAPH SIGNALS BY MEANS OF PERFORATED PAPER TAPE PREPARED BY MACHINE OPERATOR. OPERATOR WOULD PERFORATE THE OUTGOING TRAFFIC WHILE RECEIVING PRINTED INCOMING COPY.
Technical: A FULLY DEVELOPED COMMUNICATION DEVICE. ASSEMBLEDFROM AVAILABLE MODULES, IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS PACKAGE OF THE 1935-1950 PERIOD. REPLACED BY COMPUTER DRIVEN DATA NETWORKS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SERIAL NOS: CARRIAGE: 227923; KEYBOARD: 49503; MAIN FRAME: 225666; MOTOR BASE: 276027
Missing: POWER SUPPLY/ GLASS FROM PRINTER COVER/ PERFORATOR CHARACTER COUNTER/ TAPE STOP LEVER
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Teletype Corp., Teleprinter, after 1948, Artifact no. 1975.0011, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1975.0011.001/

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