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kh04pt43c
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Western Electric 8-button intercom
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object
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kh04pt43c
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object
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title
Western Electric 8-button intercom
description
Title from accompanying material.
date
["[ca. 1842–2021]"]
year
1842
rights
The Lewis H. Latimer Society, Inc. owns outright all of the materials in these collections.
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This work is in the public domain under a Creative Commons No Rights Reserved License (CC0).
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no restrictions
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1_1_6
institution
Lewis H. Latimer Society & Museum
collections
Lewis H. Latimer Society Chelsea
subjects
Communication
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Objects
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Intercommunication systems
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Artifact
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1 item
notes
Title from accompanying material.
The Western Electric 8-Button Intercom, along with the 4-Button Intercom, were produced during the same period. Production spanned the painted brass (#20 models) and later steel (#40 models) with Bower Barff matte type finish. Both equipped with a 528 diaphragm type receiver.
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kh04pt43c
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