Telephone

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OBJECT TYPE: STEEL/DESK/INTERCOM/CANDLESTICK
DATE: 1905
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0021.001

MANUFACTURER: Deveau Telephone Mfg. Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Brooklyn, New York, 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: STEEL TELEPHONE BASE, SHAFT, SWITCH HOOK, XMTR. COVER & DIAPHRAGM, & INSET RECEIVER COIL ENDS/ BAKELITE MOUTHPIECE, RECEIVER, & INTERCOM PUSH BUTTONS/ COTTON COATED WIRE/ FELT PAD.

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 13.9 cm
Height: 30.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Deveau
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Brooklyn

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1905
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS; & TO ACT AS AN INTERCOM.
Technical: EARLY SAMPLE OF A TELEPHONE COMBINATION INTERCOM.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED XMTR. FRONT COVER: 'TO CALL REMOVE/ RECEIVER & PUSH BUTTON/ DEVEAU TELEPHONE MFG. CO./ AUTH ELECTL. SPECIALTIES/ BROOKLYN, N.Y.'/ INCISED TELEPHONE BASE: 'DEVEAU [LOGO WITHIN ADIAMOND]/ N.Y. U.S.A./ PAT. MAR. 21, 99./ PAT. JULY 18[,] 05.'/ MOLDED RAISE LETTERED RECEIVER: 'DEVEAU [LOGO WITHINA DIAMOND]/ SOLID/ PAT'D AUG. 14, 1900.'/ INCISED RECEIVER COIL ENDS: 'SOLID/ PATD'.
Missing: BELL BOX/ RECEIVER DIAPHRAGM.
Finish: NICKEL PLATED STEEL, EXCEPT BLACK PAINTED STEEL XMTR. DIAPHRAGM/ BLACK BAKELITE/ BROWN COTTON/ GREEN FELT.
Decoration: INCISED SCROLL WORK ON RECEIVER COIL ENDS.

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Deveau Telephone Mfg. Co., Telephone, circa 1905, Artifact no. 1978.0021, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0021.001/

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