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- OBJECT TYPE
- BRASS/STEEL/DESK/CANDLESTICK
- DATE
- 1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1978.0028.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MONARCH TELEPHONE MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- L79697
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS BASE; SWITCH HOOK & XMTR. & BRACKETS; INSET XMTR. BRIDGE ASSEMBLY, CONTACT SPRING, & INSET RECEIVER HOUSING/ STEEL SHAFT, BOTTOM PLATE, INSET RECEIVER & XMTR. DIAPHRAGMS, INSET RECEIVER COIL ENDS & BARS; & TERMINALS & PLATE/ BAKELITE MOUTHPIECE, RECEIVER, INSET XMTR. TERMINAL PLATE, & CORD GROMMET/ COTTON COATED WIRE/ FELT PAD/ PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 14.2 cm
- Height
- 27.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MONARCH
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1900
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RAISED LETTERED XMTR. PLATE: 'MONARCH/ TELEPHONE MFG. CO./ CHICAGO, ILL.'/ INCISED XMTR. PLATE: 'L79697'/ MOLDED RAISED LETTERED EARPIECE: 'MADE INU.S.A.'/ INCISED RECEIVER: 'PAT. IN U.S.A./ PATENT/ APPLIED FOR/ DEC. 4, 1900 MAY 16, 1899'/ RED INKED CORD BAND: 'RUNZEL/ 2R14'.
- Missing
- BELL BOX
- Finish
- NICKEL PLATED BRASS BASE; SWITCH HOOK & XMTR., & BRACKETS; & XMTR. PLATES; & STEEL TERMINALS & INSET XMTR. FRONT/ BLACK PAINTED BRASS INSET RECEIVER BACK; & STEEL SHAFT, MFG'S PLATE BACKGROUND, MODEL NO. PLATE MARKINGS, INSETRECEIVER BARS & DIAPHRAGM (1 SIDE; OTHER SIDE LACQUERED),& INTERIOR BASE TERMINAL PLATE/ BLUE LACQUERED STEEL INSET XMTR. CONTACT SPRINGS/ RED PAINTED STEEL INSET RECEIVER COIL ENDS/ BLACK BAKELITE/ BROWN COTTON
- Decoration
- N/A
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MONARCH TELEPHONE MFG. CO., Telephone, after 1900, Artifact no. 1978.0028, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0028.001/
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