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OBJECT TYPE: KEY TYPE
DATE: 1958
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0159.001

MANUFACTURER: Western Electric Co.
MODEL: 6041A
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 7-58
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SUBSCRIBER SET: PLASTIC LID, BUTTONS & PANEL PLATE& COATED WIRE/ BAKELITE SCREW PLATE/ STEEL BASE, LID SCREW PLATE & SCREWS TERMINALS & INTERIOR BUTTON PANEL BASE/ BUZZER: STEEL CASE, RIVETS & INTERIOR WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Height: 6.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Western Electric
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: CIRCA 1958
Canada: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MOLDED RAISED LETTERS WITHIN AN INCISED BORDERED BACKGROUND ON LID OFSUBSCRIBER SET:'WESTERN ELECTRIC/ MADE IN CANADA'/WHITE STAMPED SUBSCRIBER SETBOTTOM:'60414/ 7-58'/ BLACK STAMPED BUZZER BOTTOM:'7A'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK PLASTIC LID, WITH CREAM & RED COLOR PAINT MARKS/ CLEAR PLASTIC BUTTONS (PARTIAL WHITE BASES) & PANEL/ BLACK BAKELITE/ BLACK PAINTED STEEL BASE (WITH BROWN, RED, GREEN & CREAM COLORED PAINT MARKS)/ BRASS PLATED STEEL TERMINALS & LID SCREW PLATES & BUZZER CASE TOP (WITH RED & CREAM COLORED PAINT MARKS)/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL RIVETS/ PLASTIC WIRE PAINTED GREEN, BROWN, RED & CREAM COLOR
Decoration: N/A

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Western Electric Co., Subscriber set, circa 1958, Artifact no. 1978.0159, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1978.0159.001/

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