Bell type 249 pedestal "Kitchen" telephone set with Edison-Blake transmitter
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pedestal telephone. Donor reported: "Code 249 'Kitchen Set' with improved Edison carbon granular 'Blake' transmitter, 1897. Equipped with type C receiver, code 101, 1877." Receiver stamped with serial number 59784. Lockable wooden case mounted on a steel stand. Single coil magneto receiver with cloth insulated wires.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Bell Telephone Company of Canada
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.315088.20
label: catalog number
content: 315088.20
label: accession number
content: 215009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Telephone Set
label: Object Name
content: Telephone Receiver
label: Other Terms
content: Telephone Set; Telephones; Carbon; Transmitter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/4 in x 7 in x 4 in; 36.195 cm x 17.78 cm x 10.16 cm