Subset, telephone

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OBJECT TYPE: WOOD/WALL/5-BAR GENERATOR
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0109.001

MANUFACTURER: Canadian Independent Telephone Co. Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: OAK BOX/ BRASS GONGS, CLAPPER CRANK PLATE, LID GROMMET, GENERATOR ENDS & GEARS & CONTACT SPRING BASE/ STEEL BIN RINGER BRACKETHINGES, CONDENSER & TERMINALS/ IRON MAGNETS/ SHEET METAL GENERATOR COVER/ COPPER CONTACT SPRING/ CARDBOARD INSTRUCTIONS SCREWED TO GENERATOR & BIN RINGER SPOOLS/ BAKELITE PUSH BUTTON & PARTS/ PLASTIC COATED PAPER INDUCTION COIL COVER/ COTTON WRAPPED WIRE

Dimensions

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

Length: 28.3 cm
Width: 19.1 cm
Height: 17.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Independent
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: CIRCA 1920'S
Canada: Unknown
Function: CONTAINS A GENERATOR, CONDENSER, INDUCTION COIL, BIN RINGER & CONTACT SPRINGS WHICH ARE NEEDED TO COMPLETE A TELEPHONE TRANSMISSION
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: CONDENSER WITH BLACK LETTERING:'YA/CAN 6042 1MF II-45'/ INCISED CARDBOARD BIN RINGER SPOOLS:'1250'/ CARDBOARD INSTRUCTIONS SCREWED TO GENERATORWRITTEN IN PENCIL:'Put a card like/ this in any Phone/ you have of this kind.'
Missing: GENERATOR CRANK & LOCKING DOOR SCREW
Finish: VARNISHED OAK BOX (REFINISHED)/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS GONGSCLAPPER, CRANK PLATE, LID GROMMET& CONTACT SPRING BASE & ALL STEEL PARTS/ IRONMAGNETS, STEEL BIN RINGER BAR, NICKEL PLATED BRASS GONG SCREWS & CRANK PLATE PAINTED BLACK/ BLACK CARDBOARD BIN RINGER SPOOLS/ BLACK BAKELITE PUSH BUTTON & PLASTIC COATED PAPER COIL COVER/ REDDISH BROWN BAKELITE INDUCTION COIL ENDS
Decoration: DOVE-TAILED BOX

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Canadian Independent Telephone Co. Ltd., Subset, telephone, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1978.0109, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0109.001/

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