Bell type 249 pedestal "Kitchen" telephone set with Edison-Blake transmitter

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Object Details

Description (Brief)

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.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

from Bell Telephone Company of Canada

ID Number

EM.315088.20

catalog number

315088.20

accession number

215009

Object Name

Telephone Set

Telephone Receiver

Other Terms

Telephone Set; Telephones; Carbon; Transmitter

Measurements

overall: 14 1/4 in x 7 in x 4 in; 36.195 cm x 17.78 cm x 10.16 cm

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Work and Industry: Electricity

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-83b4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_712488