Western Electric peg switchboard
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A wooded base with two parallel circuits connected by a shunt on top and five straps on the bottom. Brass construction, 11 pegs and 9 binding posts (assorted types) on top along with six holes that might be for additional posts. Each side of both circuits labeled: "N" and "S"; left side "ICT"[?], right side: "DA"[?], a small paper label on the right side reads: "[?]out". Stamped on shunt: "Western Electric Co. / New York".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.294351.020
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: catalog number
content: 294351.020
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Switchboard, Peg
label: Object Name
content: peg switchboard
label: Object Name
content: telegraph switchboard
label: Other Terms
content: Switchboard, Peg; Telegraphy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 9 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 24.13 cm x 19.05 cm