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Intercom

Object number2016.76.24 a,b

Manufacturer Autocall Company

Possible OriginShelby, OH

MediumMetal; glass; paper; wire

Credit LineGift of Palace Entertainment

DescriptionGreen Autocall intercom device with ten connection ports across the front and tool.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (Part a-does not include cord): 7 × 7.75 × 6 in. (17.8 × 19.7 × 15.2 cm)
Length x Width (Part b): 3 × 0.75 in. (7.6 × 1.9 cm)
InscriptionsPaper on front reads: "AUTO CALL / 1. POLICE / 2. FRED WEBER / 3. BILL RODGERS / 4. JIM DAVIS / 5. HARRY HENNINGER, JR. / 12. TOM LYNCH - RICH HENRY / 13. DICK WOOD - KEN GARRETT / 21. BILL HENNINGER - JEROME GIBAS / 22. CARL O. HUGHES / 31. CARL HENNINGER"

Under indicator light reads: "DO NOT PUT CALLS ON DURING ACTS"
MarksIn gold on front: Autocall / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / 1 2 3 4 5 12 13 21 22 31 / The Autocall Company / Shelby, Ohio, U.S.A. / MODEL - 23A / PAT. SEPT. 19, 1916"

On right side is a plate above three connections that reads: "WATCHM(A?)NS/CALL / RELAY / POWER"
Historical NotesIntercom box used for park communication before the use of handheld radios. Large collection of material covering the history of Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, Pa., that was transferred to the Heinz History Center along with an extensive set of archival holdings dating back to the earliest years of the park’s existence. The object portion of the collection primarily dates from the 1940s through the 2000s, and includes wooden and metal signs and wayfinding materials, advertising graphics, chalkware carnival prizes, three-dimensional park maps, ticket boxes and scales, some display props, including a woman’s head from Le Cachot, a costume of Kenny the Kangaroo, some T-shirts and uniform items worn by park personnel, small advertising items and park novelties, buttons, and other park incidentals. The objects document both the general history of the park and the experiences of the people who worked there, documenting Kennywood’s long role as a source of summer employment for generations of high school and college students in the Pittsburgh region.

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