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    "title": "Western Electric 8-button intercom",
    "description": "Title from accompanying material.",
    "date": "[\"[ca. 1842–2021]\"]",
    "year": 1842,
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    "rights": "The Lewis H. Latimer Society, Inc. owns outright all of the materials in these collections.",
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        "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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