Handset
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PRESS-TO-TALK
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0404.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- 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
- SYNTHETIC/ METAL
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
- 6.5 cm
- Height
- 7.0 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
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY DURING WWII
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO CONVERT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO SOUND AND VICE VERSA - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON RECEIVER: 'HAI' '1-28-47' 'AK'/ STAMPED ON TRANSMITTER: 'WE CO D141914'/ STAMPED ON INSIDE HANDLE: 'Western Electric/ F3 MADE IN USA'/ STAMPED ON PLUG: 'AMPHENOL'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK HANDSET & CORD/ PLATED PLUG
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric, Handset, circa 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1988.0404, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0404.001/
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