- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1925
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- BRASS, PLASTIC, STEEL, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19693765000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1925
- Materials
- BRASS, PLASTIC, STEEL, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 24.5
- Length
- 24.5
- Width
- 15.3
- Description
- ON FRONT "MARCONIPHONE II L.F. AMPLIFIER". LABELLED TERMINALS BENEATH. PARTIALLY PAINTED BLACK. WHITE ADHESIVE TAPE AROUND CASE. CIRCULAR METAL SCREEN INLAID IN FRONT OF ARTIFACT. DIAL WITH BRASS POINTER WITH "FILAMENT" PRINTED BENEATH. TRAP DOOR ON TOP; NAMEPLATE INSIDE WITH THE MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO OF CANADA LIMITED MONTREAL. "PATENTED 1918-1923". SERIAL # 1924 TYPE #M2.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- HOME ENTERTAINMENT
- History
- REFER TO ATTACHED HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19693765000
- Acquisition Date
- 1969-04
- Collection
- Museum
BOX, CALL-MESSENGER
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact3130
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, PLASTIC, STEEL, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19780130000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- WOOD, PLASTIC, STEEL, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 7.6
- Length
- 30.4
- Width
- 10.8
- Description
- DARK BROWN WOODEN BASE. HAS PURPLE TIN BOX ON TOP OF IT, WRITTEN IN WHITE "NATIONAL DISTRICT TELEGRAPH MESSENGERS - WESTERN UNION", SMALL HANDLE ENGRAVED WITH "513". SMALL PLASTIC WINDOW WITH MESSENGER RATES ON BOX AT TOP. WIRES COMING OUT OF TOP. BRASS FRAME SCREWED TO WINDOW. CLOTH COVERED WIRES CONNECTED TO BOLTS AT TOP. BLACK RESIDUE AROUND BOLTS & DOWN BACK OF WOOD.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- BUSINESS
- History
- FROM TELEGRAPH OFFICES IN VANCOUVER, (OBTAINED IN THE U.S.) IT RANG BUZZERS IN OFFICE ON A LARGE BOARD, INDICATING MESSENGERS TO BE SENT & WHERE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19780130000
- Acquisition Date
- 1978-04
- Collection
- Museum
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- COPPER WIRE, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19780131000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- COPPER WIRE, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.8
- Length
- 10.2
- Width
- 6.4
- Description
- CALL BOX. "CGE" EMBOSSED ON TOP. GREY-COLOURED. SMALL RECTANGULAR BOX ON TOP OF BASE. COPPER WIRE IN BOX - COMES OUT OF BOTTOM. TWO HOLES ON BASE FOR MOUNTING.
- Historical Association
- BUSINESS
- History
- REFER TO P19780129000 & P19780130000-GA FOR HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19780131000
- Acquisition Date
- 1978-04
- Collection
- Museum
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- ALUMINUM, STEEL, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19980039015
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- ALUMINUM, STEEL, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 6
- Length
- 17.2
- Width
- 19.3
- Description
- STEEL HEADPIECE, PAINTED BLACK. TWO BANDS RUN ACROSS TOP OF HEAD, WITH SINGLE ROD ATTACHING THEM TO EARPIECE ON EACH SIDE. ALUMINUM CASING ON EARPIECES WITH BLACK BAKELITE CAPS OVER SPEAKER SURFACE. CASINGS ENGRAVED "CANNON-BALL DIXIE C.F. CANNON CO. SPRINGWATER, N.Y. U.S.A.". BLACK CLOTH-WRAPPED POWER CORD WITH SINGLE-PRONGED HEAD AT ONE END. ENGRAVED "VAXLEY" AND EMBOSSED "MADE IN U.S.A. I.C.A.". CORD MEASURES 122 CM; SPLIT NEAR HEADPIECE WITH ONE STRAND RUNNING TO EITHER EARPIECE. TWO STRANDS FURTHER SPLIT, WITH METALLIC ENDS CONNECTING CORD TO BOLTS ON EARPIECES. POWER CORD SLIGHLTY SOILED AND DISCOLORED.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- HOME ENTERTAINMENT
- History
- BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER. FOR HISTORY SEE P19980039001-GA/PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19980039015
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-04
- Collection
- Museum
HEADSET, RADIO
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact198
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- PLASTIC, NYLON, RUBBER, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19705436000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- PLASTIC, NYLON, RUBBER, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 13.3
- Diameter
- 5.7
- Description
- 1. EARPIECE, EMBOSSED "RADIOCRAFT HI-POWER HEAD PHONES". EARPIECE IS DAMAGED ON REAR SURFACE. PLASTIC APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN MELTED OR CHEMICALLY ALTERED. INNER EARPIECE IS CRACKED. CORD ORIGINATES DIRECTLY FROM BOTTOM OF EARPIECE AND ENDS IN A TWO-PRONGED PLUG. 2. HEADBAND WITH ONE EARPIECE. EARPIECE HAS ON/OFF SWITCH ON BACK COVER. NYLON COVER SURROUNDS CORD ENDING IN TWO-PRONG PLUG. ONE PRONG LARGER THAN OTHER.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- PROFESSIONS
- History
- *UPDATE* IN 2019 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING A RAZOR DONATED BY C. N. FRASER. RESEARCH USING THE GALT ARCHIVES AND THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARCHIVAL DATABASE FOUND THAT THE DONOR WAS CARL N. FRASER. ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON MAY 3, 1991, FRASER WAS BORN IN BARRIE, ONTARIO IN 1906. HE ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1909 WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION. THE OBITUARY STATES, "CARL WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE UNTIL RETIREMENT IN 1971." HE LOST HIS FIRST WIFE, FREDA MAY "QUEENIE" FRASER (NEE SHORTO), IN 1943. A LETHBRIDGE HERALD NEWS ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 26, 1943 DESCRIBES THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER DEATH. THE COUPLE HAS THREE CHILDREN, ROBERT "BOB" BOYD, NEILSON "NEIL" MCGREGOR, AND MURIEL JEAN GOIAN. FRASER'S SECOND WIFE WAS NAMED SARAH "SADIE" FRASER. CARL N. FRASER PASSED AWAY IN ON MAY 1, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS. INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAMILY WAS LEARNED FROM THE DONOR'S DAUGHTER, MURIEL GOIAN, DURING THE 2012 COLLECTIONS SURVEY OF MILITARY ARTIFACTS. FOR THAT INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19672486000. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19672476000 FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES REFERENCED ABOVE AND CLIPPINGS FROM THE ARCHIVAL RESEARCH.
- Catalogue Number
- P19705436000
- Acquisition Date
- 1970-03
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- STERLING AUDIOVOX
- Date Range From
- 1923
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- ALUMINIUM, METAL
- Catalogue Number
- P19900022002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- STERLING AUDIOVOX
- Date Range From
- 1923
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Date
- 1923
- Materials
- ALUMINIUM, METAL
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Diameter
- 36
- Description
- REMOTE AMPLIFIER & SPEAKER HORN. "STERLING AUDIOVOX" HORN HIGHLY DECORATIVE DESIGN SPADE MOTIVE IN GOLD & BLACK. AMPLIFIER PORTION HAS TERMINALS FOR WIRE CONNECTION & RECEPTACLE FOR HORN. TOP OF AMPLIFIER IS BROKEN, BUT COMPLETE. HORN MARKED "STERLING AUDIOVOX". SURFACE SCRATCHES & DENTS. AMPLIFIER MARKED "STERLING LOUD SPEAKER R1284 A STERLING TELEPHONE & ELECTRIC CO. LTD. 210 TOTTENHAM COURT RD., LONDON, W.1.". AROUND DIAL ON THE TOP IS "A WAY FROM DIAPHRAM" AND "DIAPHRAGM". BASE IS CRACKED ACROSS ITS TOP.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- HOME ENTERTAINMENT
- History
- DONOR ACQUIRED NEW IN SASKATCHEWAN, BEEN IN THE FAMILY SINCE NEW.
- Catalogue Number
- P19900022002
- Acquisition Date
- 1990-05
- Collection
- Museum
KEY, TELEGRAPH
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact3129
- Other Name
- RAILROAD - GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, METAL, BAKELITE
- Catalogue Number
- P19780129000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- RAILROAD - GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- WOOD, METAL, BAKELITE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 10.2
- Length
- 30.5
- Width
- 12.7
- Description
- TELEGRAPH TEST KEY FOR GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILROAD. RECTANGULAR WOOD BASE. "LEGLESS KEY 2-A WUTEL CO." (ENGRAVED ON BRASS NEAR SOUNDER). "FOOTE, PIERSON" (ENGRAVED ON HANDLE NEAR SOUNDER). "J.H. BUNNELL & CO. NEW YORK, U.S.A." (ENGRAVED ON STEEL BAR). TELEGRAPH IS SCREWED INTO WOODEN BASE. WIRE CONNECTS SOUNDER TO REST OF TELEGRAPH. WIRES ARE RED, WHITE AND COPPER; SOME COVERED IN CLOTH.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- TRANSPORTATION
- History
- GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC PREDECESSOR OF CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILROAD. EARLY MODEL OF KEY, USED ACROSS CANADA. REFER TO FILE FOR HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19780129000
- Acquisition Date
- 1978-04
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- ATWATER KENT
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1925
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, STEEL, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19739492000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ATWATER KENT
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1925
- Materials
- WOOD, STEEL, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 16.9
- Length
- 49.6
- Width
- 15.5
- Description
- NAMEPLATE ON FRONT, "ATWATER-KENT". SERIAL NO. 352105. USES A TUNED RADIO FREQUENCY (TRF) CIRCUIT & POWER SOURCE OF 4 BATTERIES. EXTREME RIGHT KNOB (FACING RADIO) MISSING, REPLACED 03/10/92. RADIO HAS 6 KNOBS & 1 SWITCH MOUNTED ON FACEPLATE. 2 NAMEPLATES ON REAR: "RADIO SPEAKER. BLACK LEAD. RED TRACER LEAD" AND "GROUND ANTENNA". YELLOW TAG ON INSIDE HINGE. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- HOME ENTERTAINMENT
- History
- "ATWATER KENT MANUFACTURING CO. PHILADELPHIA U.S.A." ORIGINALLY LOANED TO HISTORICAL SOCIETY BY BERNARD JORDAN (1240 8 AVE 'A' SOUTH), IT WAS DONATED 1/3/67. RADIO WAS CONSIDERED A LUXURY ITEM IN ITS DAY PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE COST OF BATTERIES. TRF CIRCUITS SELDOM USED IN RADIO THEN & NOW
- Catalogue Number
- P19739492000
- Acquisition Date
- 1965-01
- Collection
- Museum
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, BRASS, VELOUR
- Catalogue Number
- P19694116000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- WOOD, BRASS, VELOUR
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 128.0
- Length
- 65.8
- Width
- 42.5
- Description
- OAK CABINET, CARVED TOP. VELOUR AND WOOD SPEAKER PANEL. BRASS FITTINGS AND SWITCHES. PAPER LABEL ON BACK. "CAUTION DISCONNECT ELECTRICALPLUG BEFORE REMOVING CABINET BACK". STILL FUNCTIONAL. "WESTINGHOUSE 99".
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- HOME ENTERTAINMENT
- EDUCATION
- History
- HISTORY UNKNOWN-DONATED TO SCHOOL FOR TEACHING PURPOSES. *UPDATE* IN 2010 NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. SHE WAS UNABLE TO FIND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR DONOR OR NEXT OF KIN.
- Catalogue Number
- P19694116000
- Acquisition Date
- 1969-06
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- TRF BROADCAST RADIO RECEIVER
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, STEEL, GLASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19930075002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TRF BROADCAST RADIO RECEIVER
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- WOOD, STEEL, GLASS
- No. Pieces
- 4
- Description
- 1. RADIO: 65CM (L) X 22CM (W) X 22.5 CM (H) WOODEN BOX WITH BLACK BAKELITE FACE. BOTTOM OF BOX HAS BEVELED EDGE EXTENDING 2.1 CM FROM FRAME ON 3 SIDES. 10 STANDARD SCREWS HOLD BAKELITE FACE IN PLACE AROUND ITS EDGES. BAKELITE PANEL HAS 3 CLUSTERS OF 7 HOLES EACH IN UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER. IN BOTTOM RIGHTHAND CORNER ARE THREE BAKELITE KNOBS 3.5CM (D) WITH TRIANGULAR DIAL ARROWS MADE OF STEEL. BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND KNOB IS CYLINDRICAL BAKELITE KNOB WITH BRASS FACE. BRASS FACE HAS RAISED LETTERING WHICH READS "HOWARD RADIO CO PAT. PENDG." AND "9 SO. CLINTON ST. CHICAGO, U.S.A.". TO LOWER RIGHT OF 2ND AND 3RD KNOBS ARE HOLES WITH METALLIC LINING FOR CORD JACKS. IN UPPER LEFT OF PANEL ARE TWO FREQUENCY KNOBS 7.5CM(D) WITH WHITE NUMBERING AND SCALE DIRECTLY BELOW. BETWEEN THEM IS CIRCULAR PATTERN OF STEEL ELECTRODES AND KNOB WITH LONG STEEL ARM WHICH TOUCHES ELCTRODES AS IT IS TURNED. ALONG LEFT SIDE IN BOTTOM CORNER ARE FOUR SCREW TABS FOR CONNECTING WIRE TO AMPLIFIER. TO THEIR RIGHT IS A SINGLE SMALL BAKELITE KNOB WITH SMALL TRIANGULAR DIAL ARM. AT BACK WALL OF RADIO THERE IS A 30.4CM X 19.4CM OPENING WITH WOODEN DOOR ON TWO BRASS HINGES. DOOR HAS SINGLE STEEL KNOB FOR OPENING IT. INSIDE ARE FIVE VACUUM TUBES AND VARIOUS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS. BACK WOOD PANEL IS CRACKED ON OPPOSITE END FROM DOOR. 2. AMPLIFIER: 22.7CM (L) X 13.8CM (W) X 13.5 CM WOODEN BOX WITH BLACK BAKELITE FRONT PANEL. TOP AND BOTTOM CORNERS OF WOOD BOX ARE HELD IN A RIGHT ANGLE DOVETAIL JOINT. BACK AND BOTTOM OF BOX HAVE FOUR WOODEN FEET 1.5CM (D), ONE IN EACH CORNER. BOTTOM HAS "R105-B" STAMPED INTO IT. TOP OF BOX HAS 8.7CM X 7.7CM HOLE CUT INTO IT WITH A WOODEN DOOR ON TWO STEEL HINGES. HALF-CIRCLE GROOVE HAS BEEN CUT INTO FRONT EDGE OF DOOR HOLE TO MAKE OPENING EASIER. INSIDE OF BOX IS ONE GLASS VACUUM TUBE AND VARIOUS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS. CLEAR PLASTIC STICKER IS ON INSIDE OF DOOR AND READS "(?)NRY R. ANDERS(?) 2226 18 AVE. S LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA CANADA T1K 1C8". BAKELITE FACE HAS 6 STANDARD SCREWS IN IT. IN TOP LEFT CORNER ARE TWO SCREW KNOBS FOR WIRING WITH 1 BETWEEN THEM. ON TOP RIGHT ARE TWO IDENTICAL KNOBS WITH "0" BETWEEN THEM. AT LEFT MIDDLE ARE THREE MORE KNOBS OF SAME TYPE. BETWEEN FIRST TWO IS "+120" AND BETWEEN SECOND TWO IS "+6" AND AFTER THIRD KNOB IS "-". AT BOTTOM CENTER IS STEEL PLATE 5.7CM X 2.3CM HELD WITH TWO STANDARD SCREWS. IT HAS SINGLE STEEL KNOB AND "PULL OUT" ETCHED INTO IT. BENEATH PLATE READS "NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED PATENTED 1919, 1921". BOX HAS A FEW SCRATCHES IN FINISH. 3. SPEAKER: BLACK STEEL ROUND SPEAKER BASE. CLEAR PLASTIC LABEL ON BOTTOM WITH DONOR'S NAME AND ADDRESS. TOP OF BASE IS BELL-SHAPED AND PAINTED BLACK. HAS 138CM BROWN CLOTH WIRE WITH DOUBLE ELECTRODE END. TOP OF BELL HAS HOLE 1.8CM AND SCREW KNOB ON SIDE FOR FIXING SPEAKER IN PLACE. GOLD DECAL EMBOSSED ON SIDE READING "ORIGINAL NATHANIAL BALDWIN NOT ORIGINAL WITHOUT THIS SIGNATURE TORONTO CANADA REG U.S. PAT. OFF.". BLACK PAINT CRACKING SLIGHTLY. 4. HORN: BLACK BAKELITE HORN. FITS UPRIGHT INTO SPEAKER BASE TO PROJECT SOUND. BRASS FIXTURE AT LIP OF HORN. EMBOSSED ON OUTER PARAMETER OF HORN IS "PATENT APPLIED FOR BY THE MILLER RUBBER CO. AKRON, OHIO, U.S.A.". CLEAR STICKER WITH DONOR'S NAME AND ADDRESS FIXED TO NECK OF HORN.
- Subjects
- TELECOMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- HOME ENTERTAINMENT
- History
- SEE P19930075001-GA. THIS RECEIVER WAS PUT TOGETHER IN THE EARLY 1920'S. PARTS WERE OBTAINED AND ASSEMBLED BY OWNERS, PRODUCING VARIOUS LAYOUTS AND FORMS. THE PARTS WERE QUITE OFTEN SOLD AS A KIT BY SOME ENTREPRENEUR LIKE W.W. GRANT WHO OWNED A RADIO STATION AND NEEDED LISTENERS. FOR MORE INFO ON RECEIVER AND W.W. GRANT SEE PERMANENT ARTIFACT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19930075002
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-12
- Collection
- Museum