"The Scout" portable headset
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Scout battery-operated portable headset. Includes battery case (no battery inside) with pushbutton, single headphone with metal headband, round electromagnet, brass clip connector, cloth insulated wires. On clip: "Frankel Connector Co. Inc. N.Y." and "Pat. Nov. 15, 1904 June 2 1916". Wire lengths: 54" clip to split, 35" phone to split, 2.25" battery pack to split.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.241556.014
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 241556.014
objectType: label: Object Name
content: headset
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: battery case: 5 in x 1 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: headset: 7 in x 5 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 17.78 cm x 14.605 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: clip: 1 3/4 in x 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 4.445 cm x 1.27 cm x 3.175 cm