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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1947
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1978.0052.001

MANUFACTURER: Acousticon Dictograph Co. of Canada Inc.
MODEL: DICTOMATIC/E-20-0
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 20-899
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WALNUT CABINETS/ BAKELITE HANDSET, CRADLE (.001), LEVERS & INSET RECEIVER & TRANSMITTER WASHERS/ METAL INTERCOM FRONTS, ROTARY DIAL & FACE (.001), & INSET RECEIVER & TRANSMITTER/ PLASTIC STRIPS FOR FRONT PANELS/ COTTON WRAPPED WIRES

Dimensions

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

Length: 22.5 cm
Width: 18.3 cm
Height: 18.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Acousticon
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: CIRCA 1947
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED BY THE DOMINION ENVELOPE PLANT. SMALL UNIT BELONGED TO SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT, MR. BALLANCE, LARGE UNIT BELONGED TO MR. BALLANCE.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1-.2 IDENTICAL PAPER LABELS READ 'SERIAL NO. 26/ TYPE S-12-1-DS/ CIRCUIT NO. 1100' (.1) & 'SERIAL NO. 20-899/ TYPE E-20-0/ DICTOMATIC/ CIRCUIT NO. 1623' (.2), & ON BOTH 'ACOUSTICON DICTOGRAPH OF CANADA LIMITED/ 146 Wellington Street West, Toronto/ FACTORIES: 'TORONTO and JAMAICA, N.Y.'/.1 UNDERSIDE DECAL READS 'SERIAL NO. 20421/ DESCRIPTION NO. 12-1-1/ CIRCUIT NO. 3820', 'DICTOGRAPH PRODUCTS INC.', 'SALES ADMINISTRATIVE/ OFFICES/ 580 FIFTH AVENUE/ NEW YORK, N.Y., 'FACTORY/ 95-25 149TH STREET/ JAMAICA/ NEW YORK, N.Y.',& PATENT NOS./.1 INCISED '20431',.2 '20919' BOTH ON UNDERSIDE .2 WHITE PAINTED 'ACOUSTICON DICTOGRAPH COMPANY OF CANADA LTD.' & INDENTED 'DICTOGRAPH PRODUCTS INC. NEW YORK CITY U.S.A.' ON FRONT; .1 XMTR EMBOSSED MODEL & PATENT DATES, STAMPED SN.; .2 RCVR STAMPED 'OCT. 14 1947'
Missing: INTERCOM CABLE & OTHER UNITS
Finish: VARNISHED WALNUT/ BLACK BAKELITE, EXCEPT 1 GREEN BAKELITELEVER (.001) & BROWN BAKELITE WASHERS/ BLACK METAL INTERCOM FRONTS WITH A WHITE& GOLD LETTERING; ROTARY DIAL & DIAL FACE RIM/ WHITE PAINTED DIAL FACE WITH BLACK NUMBERS/ CLEAR PLASTIC STRIPS
Decoration: N/A

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Acousticon Dictograph Co. of Canada Inc., Intercom, circa 1947, Artifact no. 1978.0052, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1978.0052.001/

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