Telephone, "Model 500", 1953
This object is resting in our storage facility.
We acquired this object in 2009
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- Object ID: 18732761
- Accession Number: 2009-50-1-a/c
- Acquired: 2009
- Short URL: http://cprhw.tt/o/2E1AD/
- Telephone, "Model 500", 1953. Henry Dreyfuss .1953. Plastic, metal, rubber. Museum transfer from Exhibitions Department. 2009-50-1-a/c.
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- Designed by Henry Dreyfuss
- Firm: Henry Dreyfuss Associates
- Manufactured by Western Electric Manufacturing Company
- Client: Bell Telephone Laboratories
Black rectangular plastic body with sloping top; circular clear plastic dial in center, surrounded by white numbers 1 to 0, the letters A to Y, and the word "OPERATOR", all arranged in a circle around the dial, their positions corresponding to fingerholes in dial. Barbell-shaped handset of black plastic sits in cradle on top of body; coiled black wire at one end of handset plugs into telephone body.
This telephone is plastic, metal, rubber. Its dimensions are: H x W x D (not including cord): 12.3 x 21 x 22.7 cm (4 13/16 x 8 1/4 x 8 15/16 in.).
This telephone is from United States and dated 1953
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Museum transfer from Exhibitions Department. Its provenance is Originally CHNDM equipment; displayed in CHNDM 1994 exhibition "Good Offices: The Evolution of the Workplace." (Gift) We acquired this object in 2009.
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