Collection of Post Office Telegram equipment and archive material

Made:
circa 1970
maker:
General Post Office
Collection of Post Office Telegram and envelopes

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Collection of Post Office Telegram and envelopes
Science Museum Group Collection
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Collection of Post Office Telegram equipment and archive material.

Details

Category:
Telecommunications
Object Number:
Y2005.92
Measurements:
Overall: 150 mm x 210 mm
type:
collection of objects and archives

Parts

Model 312 table telephone

Model 312 table telephone

Model 312 table telephone, made by Siemens Brothers & Co. Ltd, London, 1953 and installed for the Lord Mayor of Manchester, being the 250,000th telephone to be connected by the Post Office in the Manchester area.

Measurements:
overall: 140 mm x 230 mm x 190 mm,
Materials:
plastic (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
Y2005.92.3
type:
telephone
Exchange operator's chair made by Dare-Inglis Products Ltd

Exchange operator's chair made by Dare-Inglis Products Ltd

Exchange operator's chair made by Dare-Inglis Products Ltd, 1961.

Measurements:
Overall: 830 mm 560 mm,
Object Number:
Y2005.92.4
type:
chair
Gas mask made by Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd

Gas mask made by Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd

Gas mask made by Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd, 1938 with headphones attached and on a mannequin head.

Measurements:
Overall: 300 mm x 130 mm x 180 mm,
Object Number:
Y2005.92.5
type:
gas mask
Section of Lead-covered Polythene Cable

Section of Lead-covered Polythene Cable

Section of lead-covered polythene cable with 542 pairs, c. 1970.

Measurements:
Overall: 2000 mm, 80 mm, 29 kg
Object Number:
Y2005.92.9
type:
telephone cable
steel-toe capped leather boots

steel-toe capped leather boots

Pair of steel-toe capped leather boots.

Measurements:
Overall: 160 mm x 110 mm x 300 mm,
Object Number:
Y2005.92.11
type:
boots
GPO coat.

GPO coat.

GPO coat.

Measurements:
Overall: 700 mm x 1100 mm,
Object Number:
Y2005.92.12
type:
coat
GPO jacket.

GPO jacket.

GPO jacket.

Measurements:
Overall: 500 mm x 850 mm,
Object Number:
Y2005.92.13
type:
jacket
Telephone call office sign.

Telephone call office sign.

Telephone call office sign.

Measurements:
230 mm x 560 mm
Object Number:
Y2005.92.14
type:
sign
Sectioned Fibre-Optic Cable on Junction Board Display

Sectioned Fibre-Optic Cable on Junction Board Display

Display section of fibre-optic cable mounted on a BT junction board, made by the Standard Telephone Co. and Pirelli, c.1985.

Measurements:
overall: 50 mm x 650 mm x 125 mm,
Materials:
glass , plastic (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
Y2005.92.16
type:
telephony cable
Section of pressurised Hellerm

Section of pressurised Hellerm

Section of pressurised Hellermann telephone cable.

Measurements:
Overall: 2550 mm, 120 mm, 13 kg
Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
Y2005.92.19
type:
telephone cable