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- OBJECT TYPE
- AC
- DATE
- 1995
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0116.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Northwestern Bell Phones
- MODEL
- 411203002C0
- LOCATION
- China
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC & METAL MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.6 cm
- Width
- 5.1 cm
- Height
- 6.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bell
- Country
- China
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF DEVICE USED IN 1990S.
- Canada
-
TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINES FIRST BECAME AVAILABLE IN CANADA IN 1950S, BUT WERE NOT COMMON UNTIL EARLY 1980S. THE RAPID ADOPTION OF ANSWERING MACHINES IN 1980S REFLECTS CHANGING CANADIAN SOCIETY: MORE CANADIANS WERE LIVING ALONE, AND MORE MARRIED WOMEN WORKED OUTSIDE THE HOME. (REF. 1) - Function
-
TO RECORD & PLAY BACK TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER GREETING AND CALLER MESSAGES. - Technical
-
REPLACING CASSETTE-BASED ANALOGUE RECORDERS, DIGITAL MACHINES CONVERT AN INCOMING AUDIO SIGNAL INTO A COMPRESSED DIGITAL BIT STREAM AND STORE IT IN A MEMORY CHIP. THIS MODEL OFFERS FEATURES SUCH AS MULTIPLE MAILBOXES, SKIPPINGOR DELETING MESSAGES, RECORDED MEMO & REMOTE OPERATION. (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Decal on casing top reads "[logo] BELL ® Phones/ BY NORTHWESTERN BELL PHONES/ CLASS 2 TRANSFORMER/ MODEL NO.: 411203002CO/ INPUT: 120VAC 60Hz 7W/ OUTPUT: 12VDC @300mA/ [Underwriters Laboratories logo]®/ LISTED/ 12J2/ E82456/ [logo]/ [Canadian Standards Association logo] ®/ CERTIFIED/ LR94892/ LEI-4 MADE IN CHINA EL". "9739" & "CAUTION/ INDOOR USE ONLY" in French & English text, cast in raised print on casing.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK WRINKLE-TEXTURED FINISH ON CASING; BLACK & WHITE SYNTHETIC COVERING ON CORD.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northwestern Bell Phones, Adapter, circa 1995, Artifact no. 2001.0116, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2001.0116.002/
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