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- OBJECT TYPE
- SOUND POWERED
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0007.001
- MANUFACTURER
- UNITED STATES INSTRUMENT CORP.
- MODEL
- A-257 ALT-4
- LOCATION
- Summit, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- PHENOL PLASTIC/ NICKEL PLATED PUSH BUTTON/ RUBBER & PLASTIC COATED WIRE CONNECTOR/ BRASS CONNECTOR PLUG
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.0 cm
- Width
- 6.7 cm
- Height
- 9.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- US INSTRUMENT
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Summit
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS; SOUND POWERED - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED INTO PLASTIC HANDLE IS: 'UNITED STATES INSTRUMENT CORP./ SUMMIT, N.J. U.S.A./ DWG. NO. A-257 ALT.-4 SOUND POWERED HANDSET'/ EMBOSSED INTO INSET RECEIVER COVER IS: '1248-A/ ALCOA [WITHIN A RECTANGLE] 2'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK PHENOL PLASTIC/ NICKEL PLATED PUSH BUTTON
- Decoration
- N/A
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UNITED STATES INSTRUMENT CORP., Handset, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1975.0007, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0007.001/
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