Pager, telephone

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OBJECT TYPE: NUMERIC/158.1000 MHZ/BATTERY
DATE: 1983
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0042.001

MANUFACTURER: Motorola
MODEL: A03BGB4661CA/BPR-2000
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: RL5BLF4493
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC CASING/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.8 cm
Width: 5.9 cm
Height: 3.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Motorola
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1980S
Canada: FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1950S, PAGERS WERE FIRST WIDELY USED PERSONAL RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICES. FIRST PAGING SYSTEM IN CANADA WAS LICENSED IN 1968. THIS IS EXAMPLE OF PAGER USED IN CANADA IN 1980S. IT WAS RETURNED TO BELL MOBILITY BY CLIENT & SINCE IT WAS OBSOLETE & INTENDED FOR DISPOSAL IT WAS KEPT BY DONOR, WHO WAS *
Function: DEVICE USED TO RECEIVE RADIO SIGNAL SENT BY PAGING SERVICE, GENERATE TONE, & DISPLAY TELEPHONE NUMBER NOTIFYING USER OF SOMEONE SEEKING COMMUNICATION WITH HIM OR HER.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF NUMERIC DISPLAY & PAGING TECHNOLOGY/ THIS NUMERIC PAGER HELD 4 NUMBERS IN MEMORY SO USER'S NUMBER COULD BE GIVEN OUT TO NUMBER OF PEOPLE (REF. 3).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LABEL READING "Page Rapide [SCRIPT]/ RECOMPENSEE SI TROUVE/ 514-528-5396/ REWARD IF FOUND/ MODEL: A03BGB4661CA/ FREQ: 158.1000 MHZ./ SERIAL: RL5BLF4493/ BPR-2000"/ INDENTED LOGO READING "MOTOROLA"/ HANDWRITTEN "551101"
Missing: LABELS?
Finish: TEXTURED BLACK EXTERIOR
Decoration: N/A

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Motorola, Pager, telephone, circa 1983, Artifact no. 2003.0042, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0042.001/

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