Boehme type B-534 direct writer
name: label: maker
content: Boehme, H. D.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A submarine telegraph direct tape writer mounted on a black metal base with a bracket that supports two U-shaped magnets (one above the other) and signal coil assembly. Between the poles is a single coil writing assembly. Brass roller guides for the paper tape are set below the magnet, and a brass paper guide and patten are set in front of the coil. A .5" diameter x 1" deep ink well is mounted to one side of the coil. There is a larger 1.25" diameter x 1" deep ink well(?) set inside the magnet, and an empty mounting post outside and toward the rear of the magnets. Two terminals for input on base. Nameplate reads: "Made by / H. O. Boehme / New York"; stamped: "B-534". Western Union Catalog #88-02 painted on base. Paper sticker under base reads: "1411".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.332338
label: catalog number
content: 332338
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: collector/donor number
content: 88-02B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telegraph receiver
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/4 in x 10 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 22.225 cm x 25.7175 cm x 13.97 cm