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OBJECT TYPE: WOOD/WALL/SINGLE BOX
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0016.001

MANUFACTURER: Dominion Telephone Mfg. Co. Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: OAK BACKBOARD, SUBSET & BATTERY BOX COVER/ BRASS GONGS, CLAPPER & GUARD, SWITCH HOOK, SCREW LOCK ASSEMBLY, CRANK & PLATE, MFG.'SPLATE, INSET RECVR. HOUSING & COIL ENDS, XMTR. COVER, INSET XMTR. CARBON COVER & TERMINAL PLATE, GENERATOR GEARS, & CONTACT SPRING/ STEEL HINGES, GENERATOR, INSET RECVR. BARS & COVER, BIN STEEL RINGER & XMTR. BRACKETS, INSET XMTR. BACK, SWITCH HOOK PLATE, & CONDENSER; BAKELITE MOUTHPIECE, RECEIVER, COIL ENDS, CRANK & BOX HANDLES, & PUSH BUTTON; COTTON COATED WIRE; PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length: 30.0 cm
Width: 24.3 cm
Height: 68.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Dominion Telephone
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Waterloo

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1900
Canada: MADE IN CANADA.
Function: TO TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RAISED LETTERED PLATE: 'DOMINION TELEPHONE MFG. CO./ LIMITED/ WATERLOO, ONT. CANADA'/ INCISED XMTR. BACK: 'NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED'/ INCISED GENERATOR PLATE: 'DOMINION TELEPHONE MFG. CO. LTD.'
Missing: STEEL TAG PLATE ABOVE XMTR.
Finish: WALNUT STAINED OAK/ NICKEL PLATED BRASS GONGS, CLAPPER & GUARD, SCREW LOCK, INSET RECVR. HOUSING & COIL ENDS, XMTR. COVER; & STEEL HINGES, GENERATOR PLATE, & INSET RECVR. BARS & XMTR. BACK/ BLACK PAINTED BRASS MFG.'S PLATE, CRANK, & SWITCH HOOK; & STEEL XMTR. BRACKET, GENERATOR BARS, IN- SET RECVR. COVER (1 SIDE; OTHER SIDE LACQUERED), & CONDENSER/ BLACK BAKELITE, EXCEPT COIL ENDS/ BROWN COTTON/ BLACK PAPER COIL COVERS.
Decoration: N/A

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Dominion Telephone Mfg. Co. Ltd., Telephone, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1978.0016, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0016.001/

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