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OBJECT TYPE: STEEL/DESK/DIAL
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0076.001

MANUFACTURER: Northern Electric Co. Ltd.
MODEL: D1
LOCATION: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 231
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL TELEPHONE HOUSING, BASE BOTTOM, CRADLE, DISCONNECT LEVER, DIAL BACK & SOME WORKING PARTS; & INSET XMTR. & RECEIVER/ BRASS ROTATING DIAL, FINGER STOP, CORD BAND &GROMMET, DIAL GOVERNOR CAP & TERMINALS; & INSET RECEIVER & XMTR. CONTACT POINTS/ COPPER CONTACT SWITCH/ BAKELITE HANDSET& INSULATORS/ RUBBER & PLASTIC COATED WIRE; SILK INSET XMTR. & RECEIVER MEMBRANES; SUEDE PAD; CORK FEET/ PLASTIC NO. PLATE COVER & DIAL PLATE; PAPER NO. PLATE

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 13.0 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. 1930
Canada: MADE IN CANADA, EXCEPT FOR THE DIAL.
Function: TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED: TELEPHONE BASE: 'NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED MADE IN CANADA PATENTED 1925 RD 1929 1930' & 'D1'; INSET RECEIVER FRONT: 'HA1'; DIAL BACK: 'AE/ CO [DIAMOND LOGO]' & 'MADE IN CANADA'; BAND: 'H3AR6'/ RAISED LETTERED: HANDSET: 'Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ PATENTED 1922 1923 RD 1935/ F1/ MADE IN CANADA'; INSET RECEIVER: 'PATENTED/ 1925-1927-1930-1935'; INSET XMTR.: 'F1/ PATENTED 1930 1932 1934 1936'; TELEPHONE INTERIOR BASE: 'P-224756'/ BLACK STAMPED: INSET RECEIVER: '5-27-54'; & INSET XMTR.: '9 9 54' &'T856'/ RED STAMPED: DIAL BACK: 'SE3' & '590A'; & INTERIOR TELEPHONE BASE: '231' & 'M [WITHIN A SQUARE]'
Missing: no missing parts
Finish: BLACK PAINTED STEEL, EXCEPT DIAL WORKING PARTS, & INSET XMTR. (BACK) & RECVR,; & BRASS ROTATING DIAL & CORD GROMMET/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL DIAL WORKING PARTS; & BRASS FINGER STOP, & INSET XMTR. & RECVR. CONTACT POINTS/ BRASS & COPPER PLATED INSET RECEIVER (FRONT) & XMTR./ BLACK BAKELITE, EXCEPT INSULATORS; RUBBER & SILK/ BROWN FELT & CORK/ CLEAR PLASTIC NO. PLATE COVER/ WHITE PLASTIC DIAL PLATE, WITH BLACK NUMBERS.
Decoration: NO. PLATE HAS VERTICAL GEOMETRIC DESIGN WITHIN ITS BLACK BACKGROUND.

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Northern Electric Co. Ltd., Telephone, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1978.0076, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0076.001/

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