Bell hand telephone receiver
date: label: date patented
content: 1879
label: date made
content: 1880
name: label: maker
content: Bell Telephone Company
label: maker
content: Bell, Alexander Graham
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One of four items: 1 receiver, 1 transmitter, 2 magneto call bells. Receiver serial #737. Early form of wooden case hand telephone. Used in conjunction with Blake transmitter and Williams' magneto call bell. From donor card: "This apparatus was obtained by the late Mr. W. S. Chase when he was examiner in the Patent Office at the time of the invention of the telephone. It was used in his home in 1880." Wooden casing with steel diaphragm, two binding posts and a screw-eye on top. Stamped on front: "Patented / Mar. 7'76 & Jan 30'77 / D / 737"; on side: "Property of / Bell Telephone Co."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Mrs. W. S. Chase
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.308349.04
label: accession number
content: 85303
label: catalog number
content: 308349.04
label: serial number
content: 737
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telephone receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 3 in; 16.51 cm x 7.62 cm