✅ SOLVED Turn to Adjust Vibrator
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Well it explains it self and by the look of it, it's had a hard life! LOL HH
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These things (with the motor, etc) were sold claiming to cure all kinds of woes (the list which is pretty humorous too) I have an owners manual for one.
The ads are funnier than just seeing the item, but I can't get an image to post, so: http://aquaeyeshadow.blogspot.com/2011/10/more-strange-vintage-beauty.html
The ads are funnier than just seeing the item, but I can't get an image to post, so: http://aquaeyeshadow.blogspot.com/2011/10/more-strange-vintage-beauty.html
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Hey mangum,
It's a part of early Telecommunicating history. Ring-ring…
"Lennox Intercommunicating Telephone, Electric Goods Mfg. Co, Canton, MA, 1910" Communications Equipment
"Intercommunicating telephone systems similar to the DeVeau and Stromberg-Carlson pictured below and the Lennox pictured to the right were advertised in 1905 and the following years by several additional companies, including Electric Goods Mfg. Co. (1908-10) and Western Electric Co. (1908-14). One ad stated: "No operator is required. Simply pressing a button calls the desired person and you talk."
"This is another example of a candlestick intercom. This one was made by the Electric Goods Mfg Co. of Canton, MA. It too has parts that appear to have been mfg'd by Western Electric, and the switching mechanism, though different from the stick pictured just above, was likely mfg'd by DeVeau as well. This stick is also unique in that there is a round celluloid tab behind each button where the station number should appear (worn off on this set), and there are two full length clamping devices at each side of the upright that hold a card in place where the identity of each station is posted. I know of the existence of at least three of these sets. This set was no doubt nickel plated initially, but has been beautifully "brassed-out" and coated to prevent discoloration. The original mouthpiece on this phone has inside threads like that of an American Electric or North." GARY'S TELEPHONE COLLECTION - CANDLESTICK TELEPHONES
"The Samson Electric Company -- Web Version
Canton, Massachusetts
BY WALLY WORTH
Once again Wally Worth shares his interest in New England companies involved in the manufacture of early wireless and radio equipment. His first article on the L.E. Knott Company of Cambridge, Massachusetts, appeared in the August 1995 A.R.C. (Editor)
The Samson Electric Company was organized in 1883, in Boston, where it made electric lighters for gas lamps until 1904. At that time the company moved to Canton, Massachusetts, and changed its name to the Electric Goods Manufacturers in order to emphasize its broadened line.
In 1916, the company reverted to the name Samson Electric Co. (better name recognition?) and made fire alarms, marine ignition systems, and "wireless receivers." The latter were, in fact, headphones…" Antique Radio Classified: The Samson Electric Company
It's a part of early Telecommunicating history. Ring-ring…
"Lennox Intercommunicating Telephone, Electric Goods Mfg. Co, Canton, MA, 1910" Communications Equipment
"Intercommunicating telephone systems similar to the DeVeau and Stromberg-Carlson pictured below and the Lennox pictured to the right were advertised in 1905 and the following years by several additional companies, including Electric Goods Mfg. Co. (1908-10) and Western Electric Co. (1908-14). One ad stated: "No operator is required. Simply pressing a button calls the desired person and you talk."
"This is another example of a candlestick intercom. This one was made by the Electric Goods Mfg Co. of Canton, MA. It too has parts that appear to have been mfg'd by Western Electric, and the switching mechanism, though different from the stick pictured just above, was likely mfg'd by DeVeau as well. This stick is also unique in that there is a round celluloid tab behind each button where the station number should appear (worn off on this set), and there are two full length clamping devices at each side of the upright that hold a card in place where the identity of each station is posted. I know of the existence of at least three of these sets. This set was no doubt nickel plated initially, but has been beautifully "brassed-out" and coated to prevent discoloration. The original mouthpiece on this phone has inside threads like that of an American Electric or North." GARY'S TELEPHONE COLLECTION - CANDLESTICK TELEPHONES
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"The Samson Electric Company -- Web Version
Canton, Massachusetts
BY WALLY WORTH
Once again Wally Worth shares his interest in New England companies involved in the manufacture of early wireless and radio equipment. His first article on the L.E. Knott Company of Cambridge, Massachusetts, appeared in the August 1995 A.R.C. (Editor)
The Samson Electric Company was organized in 1883, in Boston, where it made electric lighters for gas lamps until 1904. At that time the company moved to Canton, Massachusetts, and changed its name to the Electric Goods Manufacturers in order to emphasize its broadened line.
In 1916, the company reverted to the name Samson Electric Co. (better name recognition?) and made fire alarms, marine ignition systems, and "wireless receivers." The latter were, in fact, headphones…" Antique Radio Classified: The Samson Electric Company
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nhbenz
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No, never mind what it REALLY is, I was having fun looking at ads: antique vibrator ads - Google Search
oh, and good ID Surf!
oh, and good ID Surf!
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Thanks for the help surf, great ID! I saw phones when I searched the company as well but didn't find quite as much as what you did.
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I did some searching too! And I don't think it is part of a phone.
here are 2 links:
Sweet's Architectural Catalog File - Google Books
Canton - George T. Comeau - Google Books
I think that it might be an adjuster for a magneto bell. But I couldn't find the one that was made by that co.
I think it is still unsolved.
just my opinion.
here are 2 links:
Sweet's Architectural Catalog File - Google Books
Canton - George T. Comeau - Google Books
I think that it might be an adjuster for a magneto bell. But I couldn't find the one that was made by that co.
I think it is still unsolved.
just my opinion.
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