Telephone

Object/Artifact

Island County Historical Society

Name/Title

Telephone

Entry/Object ID

2015.075.007

Description

Telephone, accordian style to be pulled out from it's mounted position. Missing receiver piece. Marked as manufactured by Stromberg-Carlson, Rochester, NY. Reported to have been from Coates Electric store in Coupeville - owned by Coates brothers, Clarence and Vernon. Donated with other radio items and a history write up adapted from "The Stromberg-Carlson Store", Rochester Commerce, Sept. 1954 - which will be kept with Deed of Gift paperwork. Donated by Maxene Varga, granddaughter of Ethel Coates Smith & in her honor. Maxene found the item in her grandparents attic - Smith House.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Telephone

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Telecommunication Devices

Nomenclature Class

Telecommunication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication