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OBJECT TYPE: DESK/PLASTIC/DIAL/MODERN HANDSET
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1974.0703.001

MANUFACTURER: PHILLIPS ELECTRICAL WORKS LTD.
MODEL: MONOPHONE/CD-310453
LOCATION: Brockville, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: PN4023MO
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PLASTIC TELEPHONE HOUSING & COIL COVERS/ BRASS GONGS, RECEIVER & XMTR. RIMS, INSET RECEIVER TERMINALS, CRADLE BRACKET, DISCONNECT BUTTONS, ROTATING DIAL & FINGER STOP/ STEEL PHONE BASE, CLAPPER, BIN RINGER & CONTACT SPRING BRACKETS, CONDENSER, DIAL BACK & WORKING PARTS, INSET XMTR. & RECEIVER HOUSING, & TERMINALS/ BAKELITE HANDSET, RECEIVER & XMTR. COVERS/ COPPER CONTACT SPRINGS/ COTTON COATED WIRE/ BAKELITE-WOOD SPOOLS/ PAPER LABELS & PLATE/ RUBBER EDGE

Dimensions

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

Length: 21.0 cm
Width: 14.0 cm
Height: 11.3 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: PHILLIPS
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Brockville

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1940
Canada: MADE IN CANADA.
Function: TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: DECAL: "MONAPHONE/ REG. TRADE MARK/ PATENTED/ 1934/ 1938/ 1939/ PATENTED/ 1941/ 1943/ 1944/ 1945/ PRODUCED BY/ PHILLIPS ELECTRICAL WORKS LTD./ BROCKVILLE, ONTARIO./ B 7803-3 CANADA"/ BLUE STAMPED BOTTOM: "PN4023M0"/ RED STAMPED INSET XMTR.: "A.E. CO. 35A7", "D-38273-A", & "FL"/ DIAL BACK: BLACK STAMPED: "60", "P1" & "I.N.S.8"; INCISED (within a circle): "PHILLIPS/ MADE IN/ CANADA"/ RED STAMPED: BIN RINGER: "D56441-A"; INDUCTION COIL: "D-282996-A"/ PAPER COIL LABEL: "MONOTYPE/ CD-310453/ PHILLIPS/ Electrical Works/ Brockville & Montreal"/ BLACK STAMPED: CONDENSER: "PHILLIPS/ ELECT. WKS./ YD"; RECEIVER COILS: "D-281515" & "D-281514".
Missing: N/A
Finish: COPPER & BRASS PLATED STEEL PHONE BASE, BIN RINGER & CONTACT SPRING BRACKETS, & CONDENSER TOP/ NICKEL PLATED STEEL CLAPPER, DIAL BACK, PART OF CONTACT SPRING, & INSET RECEIVER & XMTR. HOUSING/ BLACK PAINTED BRASS RIMS & STEEL DIAPHRAGM (ON ONE SIDE; OTHER SIDE LACQUERED)/ GREY PAINTED STEEL CONDENSER/ CHROME PLATED BRASS ROTATING DIAL, FINGER STOP, CRADLE & DISCONNECT BUTTONS/ BLACK PLASTIC, RUBBER & BAKELITE/ BROWN COTTON/ BLUE LACQUERED INSET RECEIVER
Decoration: GOLD DECAL, WITH BLACK BORDER & LETTERING, ON TELEPHONE BOTTOM/ NO. PLATE HAS BLACK BORDER & PARTIAL BLACK BACKGROUND; READS: 'LONG DISTANCE'.

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PHILLIPS ELECTRICAL WORKS LTD., Telephone, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1974.0703, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1974.0703.001/

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