Transmitter, telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- RADIO-TELEPHONE/8520-VA4
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0592.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cardion Communications Corp.
- MODEL
- RADIO TELEPHONE TRANSMITTER
- LOCATION
- Woodbury, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1002B
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WORKINGS PARTS- UNKNOWN/ CASING- STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 61.0 cm
- Width
- 51.5 cm
- Height
- 190.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cardion
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Woodbury
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
The Bellboy paging system.was launched in Canada in 1962. - Function
-
This radio transmitter was used as part of the Bellboy paging system. - Technical
-
The Bell Labs presented the Bellboy radio paging system at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. It was the the was the first commercial system for personal paging. The Bellboy pager is a terminal that notifies the subscriber when someone is trying to call him or her. The person receives an audible signal on the pager and calls a service centre, which passes on the caller's message. This was one of the first products to use the transistor, which was also invented at Bell Labs, in 1947. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- RED MFR'S PLATE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CASING PAINTED GREY
- Decoration
- N/A
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Cardion Communications Corp., Transmitter, telephone, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1979.0592, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1979.0592.001/
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