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OBJECT TYPE: ELECTRICAL
DATE: 1925
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0297.001

MANUFACTURER: Clear Hooters Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Birmingham, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Chromed casing front/ metal back, painted/ fabric covered wires

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 8.5 cm
Height: 4.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Automotive parts
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Clear
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Birmingham

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: c.1925
Canada: Unknown
Function: A device that produces a loud sound to signal an audible warning to other motorists and pedestrians of a car’s presence.
Technical: Type sample of an externally mounted electric automobile horn attached to a battery operated motor, manufactured by Clear Hooters Ltd. in Birmingham, England in c. 1925 (KE – notes). First automobile horns were bulb horns and hand klaxons of various designs, mounted conspicuously. Electric automobile horns replaced manual models c. 1920s. Towards the end of the 1930s automobile horns began to be utilitarian only, and were hidden beneath the hood (KE – notes: 2002.0190.001). Automobile horns were used to warn motorists and pedestrians of an approaching car or of a car’s presence and to promote public safety while driving (McMurtry: 3, 5).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: On back: `ADJUSTMENT' STAMPED - WITHIN A CIRCLE WITH 5 DIFFERENT VOLUME SETTINGS; `MANUFACTURERS/ CLEAR HOOTERS/ LTD/ BIRMINGHAM. ENG.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: Front chromed/ back painted black/ wires brown with yellow specks
Decoration: None

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Clear Hooters Ltd., Horn, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1989.0297, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0297.001/

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