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OBJECT TYPE: WOOD/WALL/NO DIAL
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0045.001

MANUFACTURER: Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada
MODEL: 293-A
LOCATION: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WALNUT CABINET/ WOODEN INDUCTION COIL ENDS/ BRASS GROMMETS, HINGES, TELEPHONE BOOK & SWITCH HOOKS, SCREW LOCK ASSEMBLY, PLATE, GONGS, CLAPPER & GUARD, BIN RINGER BRACKET, CONTACT SPRING, TERMINALS, XMTR. COVER & BRACKET, & INSET RECEIVER HOUSING/ STEEL INSET RECEIVER BARS, COVER, & COILENDS; CONTACT SPRING & STEEL BIN RINGER BRACKET PT., & CONDENSER; BAKELITE MOUTHPIECE & RECEIVER; PAPER DIAGRAM, LABEL & COIL COVERS; COTTON COATED WIRE; CARDBOARD SPOOLS; PLASTIC COATED WIRE

Dimensions

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

Length: 23.5 cm
Width: 19.0 cm
Height: 23.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Northern Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
City: Montreal

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1920
Canada: MADE IN CANADA.
Function: TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED: XMTR. BACK: 'THE NORTHERN ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED/ MONTREAL'/ CONTACT SPRING BRACKET: '143-A'/ BIN RINGER BRACKET: '8-A'/BIN RINGER SPOOLS: '500'/ INTERIOR LID & CABINET BACK: 'TYPE 293-A'/ BLACK INKED CONDENSER LABEL: 'PATENT 1906/ THE NORTHERN ELECTRIC & MFG. CO. LTD./ ROLLED CONDENSER/ NO. 21D/ CAPACITY 2 M.F.'/ WHITE STAMPED BIN RINGER COIL COVERS; '500A'.
Missing: WRONG MOUTHPIECE ON XMTR./ 2 GROMMETS/ 3 XMTR. SCREWS
Finish: VARNISHED WLANUT/ BLACK PAINTED INDUCTION COIL ENDS/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS, EXCEPT GROMMETS, BIN RINGER BRACKET, 2 TERMINALS, & INSET RECEIVER HOUSING/ BLACK PAINTED STEEL RECEIVER BARS & COVER (1 SIDE; OTHER SIDELACQUERED), & CONDENSER; & WOODEN COIL ENDS/ PURPLE PAINTED STEEL INSET RECEIVER COIL ENDS/ BLACK PAPER COIL COVERS & BAKELITE/ BROWN COTTON/ RED CARD-BOARD/ RED & BROWN PLASTIC.
Decoration: DOVE TAILED CABINET

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Northern Electric Co. Ltd. of Canada, Telephone, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1978.0045, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0045.001/

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