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OBJECT TYPE: WOOD/WALL/BATTERY BOX/SUBSET
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0018.001

MANUFACTURER: Western Telephone Construction Co.
MODEL: Unknown
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: OAK BACKBOARD, SUBSET, & BATTERY COVER BOX/ BRASS PROTECTOR, GONGS, PLATES, SWITCH HOOK, CRANK, TERMINALS, LOCK PLATE; & XMTR. COVER/ STEEL XMTR. ARM & BRACKET, & BATTERY COVER BOX HOOKS/ BAKELITE MOUTH- PIECE & CRANK HANDLE/ PHENOL PLASTIC RECEIVER/ COTTON COATED WIRE.

Dimensions

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

Length: 42.7 cm
Width: 29.0 cm
Height: 84.0 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 Telephone
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LID PLATE: 'WESTERN/ TELEPHONE CONSTRUCTION CO./ CHICAGO, ILLS.'/ RAISED LETTERED XMTR. FRONT COVER: 'WESTERN-TELEPHONE-MANUFACTURING- COMPANY-/ CHICAGO'.
Missing: BATTERY SHELF/ RECEIVER CORD/ LONG POLE RECEIVER IS A HOLLOW REPLICA/ BATTERY COVER BOX IS A REPRODUCTION.
Finish: VARNISHED OAK/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS/ BLACK PAINTED STEEL XMTR. ARM & BRACKET/ BLACK BAKELITE & PHENOL PLASTIC/ BROWN COTTON.
Decoration: DOVE TAILED SUBSET/ GOLD PAINTED LINES ON FRONT & BACK EDGE OF XMTR.BRACKET/ CROSS HATCHED XMTR. FRONT.

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Western Telephone Construction Co., Telephone, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1978.0018, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0018.001/

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