The Zeppelin company was based out of Friedrichschafen on the Bodensee (Lake Constance). In contrast to the Zeppelins, the Parsevals were non-rigid or semi-rigid airships. One of these is shown on a note from Bitterfeld.
Depictions of Zeppelins or other airships on German Notgeld (Emergency Money) issued by various local authorities during or shortly after the Great War.
The Zeppelin company was based out of Friedrichschafen on the Bodensee (Lake Constance). In contrast to the Zeppelins, the Parsevals were non-rigid or semi-rigid airships. One of these is shown on a note from Bitterfeld.
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I finally got a hold of a Graf Zeppelin cover from the time it went to Venlo in the Netherlands. This was a year before my dad was born. I am almost certain my grandparents and perhaps my older aunts must have seen the great airship as Venlo is just across the river from where they lived. In fact there is a photo of it (on the internet) taken by someone else from the street they lived on.
Some final touches. Got a label for the front of the phone. The place I ordered the parts from was out of those. The cloth wiring arrived. This stuff is tinsel wiring. It is a bit of a pain to work with. The individual strands of wire are wrapped around a cloth core as well. This was used quite a bit in the early 20th century for phone circuits and headphone leads etc. I have to figure out how they kept the ends neat and from unravelling. I could use shrink wrap, but that would take away from the authentic look. Got a replacement escutcheon for the handle. I did a quick tin plating using liquid tin, but as you can see, that doesn't quite look right. I will give it a good nickel plate once my nickel electrodes arrive. Found copies of two old Northern Electric General Catalogues, #4 and # 7. Catalogue #7 appears to have been published in and around 1947 or so. Catalogue #3 was before NE sold vacuum tubes, so probably in the very early 1920s or late 1910s. My N300 (or N1300) appears in both catalogues. Here are some images of them along.
Final labels for the old ringer box. Now just waiting for cloth covered wiring and a few other items. The original labels, schematic were in pretty poor shape, and the instruction sheet was missing completely. Fortunately I found a copy that I could use as a starting point to reproduce. The update instruction card and wiring diagram can be uploaded from here.
Here is the progress on the ringer box so far. Waiting for some cloth wiring and some miscellaneous pieces to complete the restoration.
Bought this nice Automatic Electric 50 phone a few weeks ago. It wasn't in too bad of a shape, but it did need a new handset cord and a new decal on the top. This one will be set up in the basement by the bar, so we don't have to search for the portable one or run upstairs. Not that we often answer the phone, but Alex is looking for a new job, and he hangs out here a lot.
I had seen one of these in New Brunswick at a B&B we stayed at and I just loved the art deco look and kept my eye out for a decently priced one ever since. What is notgeld you ask? It is German emergency money that was issued between 1914 and 1923 when there was a shortage of small coinage. These depicted many subjects, such as local buildings, local scenery and folklore, as well as politics. Many were released in series of 6, 8, or more notes of the same denomination, and tell a short story, with often whimsical illustrations. The ones below are some from my collection. I particularly like the one with the guy with the turned out pockets! The above set is from the city of Lübeck, which is located east of Hamburg on the Baltic Sea. The script on these notes is not in standard German, but in the local language or old German. I had my cousin in Holland, who speaks several languages (including German) try translating these. Click on each one to see what they say. If you speak this language and can provide a better translation, please let me know at v a 3 n g c @ g m a i l . c o m. The two pieces of notgeld above are from the German city of Neustrelitz, approximately a 100 km north of Berlin. These pieces appear to be a commentary on the lack of real money.
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AuthorCharles Baetsen holds a Bachelor and a Master's degree in Engineering Physics from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Archives
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