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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Automatic telephone wall set made by Automatic Electric Company, Chicago, United States, 1900-1910.
This is an early example of an American wall telephone. It has no hand generator or battery cells, and was instead used on exchanges where a central battery was available. This meant that all power required for the telephone was drawn from the central telephone exchange, rather than the telephone having a separate power source.
Details
- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 1923-256
- Materials:
- copper plated, metal (unknown), plastic (unidentified) and wood (unidentified)
- type:
- telephone
- taxonomy:
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- component - object
- credit:
- Donated by the Institution of Electrical Engineers
