Telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WALL/DIAL
- DATE
- 1937–1957
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.1529.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO.
- MODEL
- UNIPHONE 2
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC (INCLUDING BAKELITE) AND METAL COMPONENTS; LEATHER PADS ON BASE.
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
- 16.5 cm
- Height
- 12.0 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
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF TELEPHONE USED C. 1937-1970S.
- Canada
-
THE 'UNIPHONE' WAS A UNIQUE CANADIAN DESIGN BY NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO.. IT MAY HAVE BEEN A PROTOTYPE OF THE 302 [MODEL]: BECAUSE OF CANADA'S SMALLER PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS WESTERN ELECTRIC DID PERFORM SOME PRODUCTION RUNS OF PROTOTYPES HERE. (REF. 2) - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS FOR VOICE COMMUNICATION. - Technical
-
REPRESENTS A DESIGN OF TELEPHONE THAT WAS A CONTEMPORARY OF THE 300TYPE SET AND WAS DEVELOPED AND EXTENSIVELY USED IN CANADA. UNIPHONE WAS WELL CONSTRUCTED AND EASILY MAINTAINED, AND REMAINED IN GENERAL USE WELL INTO 1970S. WALL MOUNTED SET WAS NO. 2 OF 3 [MODELS] (REF.2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "Northern Electric/ COMPANY LIMITED/ PATENTED 1922 1923 RD 1935/ F1/ MADE IN CANADA" cast in raised print on underside of handset. "Northern Electric/ MADE IN CANADA" cast in raised print on phone body front. "6" [or 9] marked on green dymotape label applied to casing. "NO. 2" stamped on baseplate. Dial faceplate marked 1 through 0, A through P, and R through Y, and "OPERATOR"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- SMOOTH BLACK MOLDED SYNTHETIC CASING AND HANDSET. BLACK METAL DIAL. SILVER METAL BASEPLATE. WHITE DIAL FACE HAS BLACK AND RED MARKINGS. BROWN LEATHER PADS. SMOOTH BLACK COVERING ON [CURLY] CORD.
- Decoration
- N/A
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NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO., Telephone, between 1937–1957, Artifact no. 1970.1529, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.1529.001/
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