Telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PLASTIC/DESK/DIAL
- DATE
- 1956
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0038.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NORTH ELECTRIC CO.
- MODEL
- ERICOFON
- LOCATION
- Galion, Ohio, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC & METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.3 cm
- Width
- 10.0 cm
- Height
- 21.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NORTH ELECTRIC
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Ohio
- City
- Galion
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS - Technical
-
A DESIGN WHICH WAS MARKETED AS AN EXAMPLE OF HIGH-STYLE MODERNISM/ IT ATTEMPTED TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF THE RECEIVER BEING OFF THE HOOK BY HAVING SWITCH BUTTON (& DIAL) IN BASE SO THAT THE SWITCH BUTTON WAS AUTOMATICALLY PUSHED WHEN TELEPHONE WAS SET DOWN - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON BASE 'Ericofon [ENCIRCLED: 'R'] NORTH ELECTRIC COMPANY, GALION, OHIO'/ NUMBERED AROUND DIAL FROM 1-0, WITH LETTERS OF ALPHABET IN SETS OF 3 - 'ABC' BESIDE THE '2' UP TO 'WXY' BESIDE THE '9' & 'OPERATOR' BESIDE THE '0'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- GLOSSY PINK WITH BLACK RIM AROUND BASE/ BASE IS CREAM & BLACK WITH REDSWITCH BUTTON
- Decoration
- N/A
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NORTH ELECTRIC CO., Telephone, after 1956, Artifact no. 1996.0038, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1996.0038.001/
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