Keyboard, telegraph

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OBJECT TYPE: FACSIMILE/PHOTOELECTRIC
DATE: 1939
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0697.001

MANUFACTURER: Teletype Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL/ OTHER METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 47.0 cm
Width: 25.5 cm
Height: 15.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
Period: CA. 1939
Canada: NIL
Function: TO TRANSLATE PERMUTATION CODE SIGNALS INTO FACSIMILE SIGNALS & TRANSMIT THEM TO A PRINTER.
Technical: USE OF PHOTOELECTRICAL CONTROLS TO TRANSMIT FACSIMILE CODE SIGNALS & THE TRANSLATION OF PERMUTATION CODE SIGNALS INTO THESE FACSIMILE SIGNALS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 4 ROWS OF KEYS: '1Q 2W 3E 4R 5T 6Y 7U 8I 9O 0P/ -A BELLS $D 1/4F &G STOPH,J 1/2K 3/4L/ "Z /X 1/8C 3/8V 5/8B 7/8N.M..'
Missing: SOME KEY COVERS/ BASE PLATE/ OTHER PARTS(?) From CA of 11/01/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing: back, pr. left rubber foot pad; 17 key pads.
Finish: BLACK LACQUER CARRIAGE/ NATURAL STEEL
Decoration: N/A

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Teletype Corp., Keyboard, telegraph, circa 1939, Artifact no. 1986.0697, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1986.0697.001/

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