Telephone

Object/Artifact

-

Planting Fields

Name/Title

Telephone

Entry/Object ID

1984.041.001

Description

Vintage telephone with brass body, felted bottom, plastic mouthpiece, and cords covered in brown cloth. Sitting on the desk in the telephone room. Recto side of base engraved "Western Electric Company, Pat in USA Aug. 16, 04 SEPT 13.04 JAN 26.15". Number plate below mouthpiece engraved "337". Verso of mouthpiece: "Bell Telephone Company", and neck of mouthpiece: "30.CN(?)"

Collection

Planting Fields Foundation

Cataloged By

Cannarsa

Acquisition

Accession

1984.041.001

Source or Donor

Elasser, William

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Date made

1915

Place

Location

U.S.A.

Notes

Early Date: 1915 Made: Western Electric Company

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

Dimensions

Height

12 in

Diameter

5-1/4 in

Material

Metal: Brass, plastic, Metal, Brass

Location

Location

Room

Telephone Room

Building

Coe Hall

Category

Permanent

Date

08/16/2023

Location

Room

Telephone Room

Building

Coe Hall

Category

Permanent

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2024.1

Inventoried By

Amanda Massimillio

Inventoried Date

Jun 26, 2024

Inventoried By

Leger

Inventoried Date

May 8, 2023

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Notes

Original mouthpiece has been replaced by plastic replica. Mouthpiece is broken into two separate pieces. Cord attaching receiver to phone body has been shortened. Cord connecting phone to wall missing connective device, and number card is missing.

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 17, 2006

Provenance

Notes

Collected By: William Elasser Acquired from a retired NY Telephone employee referred to Ms. Gilligan by NYT. He is also the founder of the Pioneer Museum in Huntington Station, and has written about his collection in Time-Life. William Elasser Planting Fields Foundation

General Notes

Note

Notes: Gilligan stated she's not certain this is accurate replica of Coe's telephone, or whether his model was more sophisticated, but no documentation of the Telephone Room exists. Status: OK

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

10/17/2006

Updated By

intern@plantingfields.org

Update Date

06/26/2024