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OBJECT TYPE: BRASS/DESK/CANDLESTICK
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0023.001

MANUFACTURER: Conn. Tel. & Elec. Co. Inc.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Meriden, Connecticut, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS BASE, SHAFT, SWITCH HOOK, XMTR. COVER & BRACKET, PUSH BUTTON GROMMET, & INTERIOR BASE & RECEIVER TERMINALS/ STEEL INSETRECEIVER DIAPHRAGM & INSET RECEIVER FRONT/ BAKELITE RECEIVER, MOUTHPIECE, TERMINAL PLATE, PUSH BUTTON & WIRE GROMMET/ WOODEN INSET RECEIVER COIL END/ COTTON COATED WIRE. ebonite

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 13.2 cm
Height: 31.6 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Connecticut
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Connecticut
City: Meriden

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1936
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO TRANSMIT & RECEIVE TELEPHONE SIGNALS.
Technical: GOOD EXAMPLE OF OUTSIDE SWITCH HOOK CANDLESTICK SET.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED XMTR. FRONT COVER: 'CONNECTICUT/ THE CONN. TEL. & ELEC. CO. INC./ MERIDEN, CONN. U.S.A./ PATENTED'/ INCISED RECEIVER END: '1932'.
Missing: BELL BOX/ TELEPHONE BOTTOM PLATE/ 2 XMTR. SCREWS (ONE BROKEN).
Finish: NICKEL PLATED BRASS, EXCEPT PUSH BUTTON GROMMET, SHAFT PARTS (1 PART PAINTED BLACK), SWITCH HOOK AND TERMINALS/ BLACKPAINTED STEEL RCVR DIAPHRAGM (1 SIDE); & INSET XMTR FRONT/ BLACK BAKELITE, EXCEPT BROWN TERMINAL PLATE/ BROWN, RED, BLUE & GREEN COVERED WIRE/ VARNISHED WOOD
Decoration: N/A

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Conn. Tel. & Elec. Co. Inc., Telephone, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1978.0023, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.0023.001/

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