Telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MAGNETO/DESK
- DATE
- 1948
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1249.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric
- MODEL
- UNIPHONE 5/TYPE 1
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 BAKELITE & OTHER SYNTHETIC/.2 WOODEN CASE, METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS, METAL BELLS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.5 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 15.0 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
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- UNIPHONES WERE FIRST DESIGNED IN 1936 AND WERE IN GENERAL USE WELL INTO THE 1970S'
- Canada
-
DESIGNED, MANUFACTURED & USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TO SEND AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS ON A MAGNETO SYSTEM. THIS SUBSET IS FOR HEAVY LOAD RURAL SERVICE, WHERE PUSH BUTTON SIGNALLYING CENTRAL OFFICE AND SIMPLEX RINGING IS USED. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1: EMBOSSED IN BACK: 'Northern Electric/ MADE IN CANADA'/ PAINTED ON BOTTOM: 'NO-5'/ PRINTED ON PAPER IN FRONT: '5-5300/ RING 32'/.2: ON INSIDE OF DOOR 'III-48/ N400CG'/ STAMPED ON DEVICE MOUNTED ON INSIDE BACK: 'MAY 10 1948'/ STAMPED IN GENERATOR'48-A'/ ON RINGER: '38B'/ DESIGNATIONS PRINTED ON LABELS ATTACHED TO INSIDE OF BASE
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- .1 BLACK/.2 OUTSIDE PAINTED GLOSS BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Electric, Telephone, circa 1948, Artifact no. 1988.1249, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1988.1249.001/
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