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OBJECT TYPE: WOOD/WALL/DIAL/3 WIRE
DATE: 1906
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1970.0051.001

MANUFACTURER: Automatic Electric Co.
MODEL: A
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: OAK CABINET/ BRASS DIAL, FINGER STOP, SCREW LOCK ASSEMBLY, GROMMETS, SWITCH HOOK & PLATE, GONGS, CLAPPER & GUARD, CONTACT SWITCH LEVER, GOVERNOR CAP, DIAL GEARS, HINGES & BING RINGER WASHERS/ STEEL DIAL WORKING PARTS, CONDENSER & BRACKET, BIN RINGERBRACKET, TERMINALS, INSET RCVR & COVER/ BAKELITE RCVR PUSH BUTTON, COIL ENDS & WASHERS/ PAPER LABELS, CIRCUIT DIAGRAM & COIL COVERS/ CARDBOARD SPOOLS/ TAPE/

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.0 cm
Width: 13.2 cm
Height: 24.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C 1906
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK PAINTED BOTTOM: 'A'/ INCISED BIN RINGER COILS: '315'/ BLACK LETTERED PAPER CONDENSER LABEL: 'AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC CO./ CHICAGO/ M.F. [A BLANKLINE]/ DATE 10 14 06 [BLUE STAMPED NUMBERS]/ TYPE NO. [A BLANK LINE] TESTED BY [A BLANK LINE]'/ ILLEGIBLE LABEL ON INDUCTION COIL/ PENCIL MARKED DIAL: '* 124'& '1222'/ TAPE: '18'
Missing: TRANSMITTER, ARM, & MOUNTING REMOVED & TRADED TO E.J. SHEPHERD, TORONTO IN EXCHANGE FOR A SASKATCHEWAN TELEPHONE MFG. CO. SWITCHBOARD APRIL 26, 1976. SEE MEMO IN FILE EAD TO DMB/ FINGER STOP PLATE SCREW/ 2 GROMMETS, NUMBER PLATE
Finish: VARNISHED & STAIN OAK/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS, EXCEPT CONTACT SWITCH LEVER, GOVERNOR CAP, DIAL GEARS & BIN RINGER WASHERS & STEEL DIAL WORKING PARTS, BIN RINGER & CONDENSER BRACKETS, TERMINALS & INSET RCVR COIL ENDS/ BRASS PLATED STEEL INSET RCVR BACK/ BLACK PAINTED STEEL INSET RCVR COVER (1 SIDE, OTHER SIDE LACQUERED), CONDENSER & BIN RINGER & RCVR BARS/ BLACK BAKELITE EXCEPT BROWN COIL ENDS & WASHERS/ BROWN COTTON/ BLACK CARD- BOARD/ RED BORDERED BIN RINGER LABEL/ YELLOW COIL COVER
Decoration: DOVE-TAILED CABINET/ FINGER STOP PLATE HAS 2 ARROWS ON EACH SIDE/ MOULDED SWITCH HOOK CONTAINS 2 LETTERS 'A'.

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Automatic Electric Co., Telephone, circa 1906, Artifact no. 1970.0051, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0051.001/

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