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- OBJECT TYPE
- CANDLESTICK/BRASS DESK
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0166.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- 1020AL
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ BAKELITE MOUTHPIECE/ FABRIC COVERED WIRE/ SYNTHETIC? EARPIECE/ WOOD TABLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.5 cm
- Width
- 14.5 cm
- Height
- 28.7 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
- THROUGH 1910'S & 1920'S & COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO THE 1950'S
- Canada
-
MADE & USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TELEPHONE USED AS A DESK SET WITH SUB-SET FOR OPERATION ON A MAGNETO OR MANUAL SYSTEM. - Technical
-
KNOWN AS THE "CANDLESTICK" OR "DAFFODIL" WAS INTRODUCED IN 1910 & BECAME THE STANDARD FOR THE NEXT 25 YRS. THE "SUB SET" HELD THE MAGNETO & THE VARIOUS RESISTORS, COILS & CAPACITORS THAT HAD BEEN INSIDE THE EARLIER & LARGER WALL TELEPHONES. BATTERIES WERE IN A CONTAINER USUALLY LOCATED UNDER THE DESK. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE LETTERING ON TELEPHONE BASE READS 'NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED'/ SAME MFR'S NAME INCISED ON BACK OF MOUTHPIECE CASING/ SAME MFR'S NAME IN RAISED LETTERING ON EARPIECE, WITH '144'/ '20-AL' STAMPED ON BACK OF SWIVEL
- Missing
- Needs its counterpart .002 Sub-set to be a complete unit.
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ BLACK MOUTHPIECE/ BROWN EARPIECE/ RED & BROWN FABRIC/ WOOD TABLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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NORTHERN ELECTRIC CO. LTD., Telephone, after 1910, Artifact no. 1973.0166, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1973.0166.001/
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