Booth, telephone
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- OBJECT TYPE
- WOOD/ENCLOSED
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0135.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN WITH METAL HARDWARE/ GLASS WINDOWS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 95.5 cm
- Width
- 95.5 cm
- Height
- 225.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- ANYTIME BETWEEN 1920'S AND 1940'S
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TO PROVIDE FOR A PRIVATE SPACE TO ENGAGE IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION IN A PUBLIC AREA. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF 'FOLDING DOOR' TYPE OF WOODEN PHONE BOOTH FIRST DEVELOPED IN 1910 & USED EXTENSIVELY THROUGH 1920'S, 30'S & INTO 40'S. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- HANDWRITTEN PAPER TELEPHONE LIST AFFIXED TO INSIDE WALL
- Missing
- TELEPHONE/ LIGHT BULB/ SCREWS ON BACK HAVE BEEN REPLACED
- Finish
- STAINED & VARNISHED WOOD/ UNCOLOURED GLASS
- Decoration
- MOULDING AROUND TOP/ RECESSED PANELS/ RECTANGULAR WINDOWS/ FLOOR TO CEILING RECTANGULAR GLASS DOORS
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Unknown Manufacturer, Booth, telephone, after 1920, Artifact no. 1991.0135, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0135.001/
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