General Information

Serial #

65

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL TELEPHONE HOUSING, SWITCH HOOK, COIN RETURN,COIN SLOTS, INSTRUCTION PLATE, COIL WRAP WIRE, INSET RECEIVER & XMTR., INTERIORDIAL WORKING PARTS, DIAL PLATE, & FINGER STOP/ PLASTIC ROTATING DIAL, FINGER HOLE PLATE, INSTRUCTION COVER, HANDSET, INSET XMTR. HOUSING & FRONT COVER, & INSET RECEIVER BACK/ PAPER INSTRUCTIONS & STICKER LABEL

Dimensions

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

Length

18.5 cm

Width

16.3 cm

Height

46.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Northern Electric

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

City

Montreal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C. 1965

Canada

MADE IN CANADA

Function

TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS/ PUBLIC TELEPHONE REQUIRING MONEY TO OPERATE.

Technical

PAY TELEPHONES THAT WERE CONNECTED TO AUTOMATIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS WERE ARRANGED SO THAT CALLS COULD BE MADE WITHOUT THE HELP OF AN OPERATOR. THE CALLER COULD DROP AN APPROPRIATE COIN IN THE SLOT AND DIAL A LOCAL CALL DIRECTLY. THESEPHONES WERE STURDY ENOUGH THAT THEY COULD BE PUT IN OUTDOOR BOOTHS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RAISED LETTERED PLATE: 'Northern/ Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ MADE IN CANADA'/ MOLDED RAISED LETTERED: HANDSET: 'Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ G3/ MADE IN CANADA'/ INSET RECEIVER BACK: 'MADE IN CANADA/ NE-U1/ PATENTED 1953'/ BLACK STAMPED: INSET XMTR.: '5-1-07/ NE-T2/ MADE IN CANADA'/ INSET RECEIVER: '5-11-70'/ DIAL PLATE: 'NE-164D'/ RED STAMPED TELEPHONE BACK: '233H/ PATENTED/ 1955 1957 1961/ [2 HORIZONTAL LINES ON TOP OF EACH OTHER] 65'/ WHITE STICKER LABEL; FADED BLACK INK: 'COPPER -.00059/ NICKEL -.00027/ CHROME -.000004/ (90 DAYS IN SERVICE)'.

Missing

No parts appear to be missing

Finish

CHROME PLATED METAL TELEPHONE HOUSING (CREAM COLORED PAINTED METAL BACK), SWITCH HOOK, COIN RETURN, COIN SLOTS, & INSTRUCTION PLATE/BRASS PLATED METAL INTERIOR DIAL WORKING PARTS, FINGER STOP, & INSET XMTR. & RECEIVER/ BLACK PAINTED METAL DIAL PLATE, WITH WHITE MARKINGS/ WHITE PLASTIC FINGER HOLE PLATE, WITH BLACK DOTES/ GREY, BLUE & PINK PLASTIC INSET XMTR. HOUSING/ BLACK PLASTIC HANDSET & INSET XMTR. FRONT GREY PLASTIC INSET RECEIVER BACK; CLEAR PLASTIC INSTRUCTION COVER; YELLOW PAPER; BLACK MARKINGS

Decoration

N/A