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OBJECT TYPE: 5 LEVEL/PAGE/ASR
DATE: 1955–1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.0352.001

MANUFACTURER: Teletype Corp.
MODEL: 28
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 263588
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GENERALLY PRESSED STEEL, INCLUDES STEEL SHAFTS, STEEL & SYNTHETIC GEARS & FLEXIBLE STEEL CABLES USED TO POSITION TYPE BOX/ PAPER ROLL

Dimensions

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

Length: 59.0 cm
Width: 52.0 cm
Height: 98.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Teletype
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1955 THROUGH 1975
Canada: MODEL 28 MACHINES USED EXTENSIVELY IN CANADA BOTH IN OFFICES & BY RADIO HAMS
Function: USED TO SEND AND RECEIVE TELEGRAPH MESSAGES IN PRINTED PAGE FORMAT.
Technical: FIRST SERIES OF MACHINES THAT USED THE TYPE BOX TO REPLACE THE TYPE BAR SYSTEM. THE TYPE BOX SYSTEM IMPROVED RELIABILITY AND REDUCED COST. LAST HEAVY DUTY BAUDOT SERIES TELEPRINTER EQUIPMENT MFR'D BY TELETYPE CORP.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATES: 'TELETYPE/ REG. CANADIAN PATENT OFF/ MANUFACTURED BY/ TELETYPE CORPORATION/ CHICAGO, U.S.A.'/ '28D'/ 'U.S. PATENTS 2505729 2566031 2568249 2574137 2577064 2595745 2624799 2656105 2666095 2667256 2667523 2678118 2697505 3033926/ MFD. BY TELETYPE CORP./ SKOKIE, ILLINOIS, U.S.A./ LP19 RXAN/ CODE/ 263588/ SER. NO./ 28E/ TYPING UNIT/ TELETYPE/...'/ PLATE ON FRONT: 'Teletype Service Provided by/ THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA [LOGO]/ a member of/ THE TRANS-CANADA/ TELEPHONE SYSTEM'/ PLATE: 'TELETYPE CORPORATION/ MODEL 28/ SUPPLY INPUT: / 115V. 50/60 CYCLE A.C., 5 AMP. MAX./ SIGNAL INPUT/OUTPUT/ 130 V. MAX. D.C..075 AMP. MAX.'
Missing: COVER PLATE ON REAR OF CABINET
Finish: TEAL TEXTURED FINISH ON CABINET/ TEAL & RED KEYS/ NATURAL FINISH ON WORKING PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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Teletype Corp., Teleprinter, between 1955–1970, Artifact no. 1992.0352, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0352.001/

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