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OBJECT TYPE: WOOD/WALL/CONDENSER/HEADSET
DATE: 1954
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1974.0324.001

MANUFACTURER: NORTHERN ELECTRIC CANADA LTD.
MODEL: N1293RA
LOCATION: Montréal, Québec, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 54
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BIRCH CABINET/ WOODEN INDUCTION COIL ENDS/ BRASS SWITCH HOOK & PLATE, SCREW LOCK, XMTR. BASE, TERMINALS, & HINGES/ STEEL INSET XMTR. BRACKET, CONTACT SWITCHES, CONDENSER & BRACKET, & HEADBAND/ BAKELITE MOUTHPIECE, RECEIVER, INSULATORS, XMTR.BACK, & PUSH BUTTON/ PLASTIC COIL COVER/ PAPER ENVELOPE WITH CIRCUIT DIAGRAM; COPPER WIRE FASTENER; SILK RECEIVER MEMBRANE; RUBBER, COTTON, & PLASTIC COATED WIRE

Dimensions

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

Length: 23.0 cm
Width: 17.5 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: NORTHERN ELECTRIC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Québec
City: Montréal

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1954 TO 1974
Canada: MADE IN CANADA.
Function: TO RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT TELEPHONE SIGNALS. THE ARTIFACT IS AN INTER- COM, WITHOUT SIGNALLING.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED FRONT LID, WITH BORDER: 'NORTHERN ELECTRIC/ MADE IN CANADA'/ CREAM COLORED PAINTED LID: 'PRESS TO/ SPEAK/ PRESSEZ/ POUR PARLER/ RELEASE TO/ LISTEN/ RELACHEZ/ POUR ECOUTER'/ WHITE PAINTED INSET XMTR. '635B'/ CREAM COLORED PAINTED CABINET BACK: 'N1293RA'/ BLACK PAINTED CONTACT SPRING: 'N1J'/ WHITE PAINTED INTERIOR LID: '[2 HORIZONTAL LINES, ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER]/ 54'/ INCISED CONTACT SPRING BRACKET: '143-AE'/ INCISED CONDENSER BRACKET: '27A'/ RAISED LETTERED RECEIVER: 'Western Electric/ USA'/ RED STAMPED INTERIOR RCVR. COVER & HEADBAND: '11A'/ INSET RECEIVER: 'HA2'; RAISED LETTERS: 'PATENTED/ 1925-1927-1930-1935'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: STAINED & VARNISHED BIRCH/ VARNISHED WOODEN COIL ENDS/ BLACK PAINTED BRASS SWITCH HOOK & PLATE, SCREW LOCK, XMTR. BASE, & HINGES/ BRASS PLATED STEEL CONTACT SPRING BRACKETS, INSET RECEIVER, & INTERIOR SCREW LOCK PLATE/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL CONTACT SPRINGS, CONDENSER, XMTR. BRACKET, & BRASS TERMINALS/ GREY CONDENSER BRACKET/ BLACK BAKELITE, EXCEPT BROWN INSULA- TORS & PUSH BUTTON/ GREEN PLASTIC/ BLACK SILK/ GREY PAINT SPILLS ON BOTTOM FRONT/ BLACK PAINTED ARROW ON LID/ BLACK RUBBER HEADSET CORD.
Decoration: DOVE TAILED CABINET

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NORTHERN ELECTRIC CANADA LTD., Telephone, circa 1954, Artifact no. 1974.0324, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1974.0324.001/

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