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- OBJECT TYPE
- TEST
- DATE
- 1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0194.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric Co.
- MODEL
- F3F3
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, 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
- BAKELITE HANDSET & PLUG/ BRASS PLUG PRONGS/ STEEL BAND FOR WIRE/ RUBBER WIRE INSULATORS/ COTTON COATED WIRE/ ATTACHED PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.5 cm
- Width
- 6.6 cm
- Height
- 8.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1949-1960
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED FOR CENTRAL OFFICE TESTING - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- EMBOSSED AROUND PUSH BUTTON ON THE HANDLE IS: 'Western Electric', 'F3' & 'MADE IN USA'/ EMBOSSED IN THE BAKELITE OF THE PLUG IS: '289B'/ ENGRAVEDINTO THE METAL BAND AROUND THE CORD IS: 'H4AA/ IV 49'/ PAPER LABEL READS: 'HANDSET F3FE/ CENTRAL OFFICE TESTING/ 30'S TO 60'S'.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK BAKELITE/ BROWN COTTON WRAPPED WIRE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric Co., Handset, circa 1949, Artifact no. 1975.0194, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0194.001/
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