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  1. #1

    Jun 2006
    NY State & Caribbean 18*N
    219

    Oak electrical box...no clue 1924 6V

    I picked this up for free yesterday at the local recycling center. It measures 15" X14" X 3 3/4". Box is made of oak with glass face. Name on glass states "The Holtzer Cabot Electric Co. There are a bunch of relays with numbers on them. The schematic in the inside states that it is 6 volts (could it be phone related?) & has the year 1924 written in. I found the company info on line & it said it had made fire alarm systems and watchman's clocks...that is all I can find. No picture of it or what it may be worth.

    Thanks!
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  2. #2

    Oct 2004
    N. San Diego area (Pic of my two best 'finds')
    Minelab Explorer
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    Re: Oak electrical box...no clue 1924 6V

    You have an historical item called an 'annunciator'. See pics and text here:
    http://mysite.verizon.net/dalderdi/phones/annunc.htm
    A most interesting article on the history of the company can be read here:
    http://www.jphs.org/20thcentury/holt...c-company.html
    Don.....

  3. #3

    Jun 2006
    NY State & Caribbean 18*N
    219

    Re: Oak electrical box...no clue 1924 6V

    Thanks Mack...looks like you nailed it! Funny thing is, I worked for Ma Bell & these things were gone already.

    Ant.
    God rises up out of the sea like a treasure in the waves, and when language recedes His brightness remains on the shores of our own being...
    Thomas Merton

  4. #4

    Oct 2004
    N. San Diego area (Pic of my two best 'finds')
    Minelab Explorer
    6,902
    17 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Honorable Mentions (2)

    Re: Oak electrical box...no clue 1924 6V

    You're welcome. My experience goes back to two-party phones and phone numbers like "Wheeling 230". Prior to phones were these ennunciators; today we text; the speed of technology continues to amaze me.
    Don....

 

 

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