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This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence
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Telephone 1/232CB S55/2, ivory, introduced 1934. Top three quarter view. Horizontal format. Graduated grey background.
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Telephone 1/232CB S55/2, ivory, introduced 1934. Top three quarter view. Vertical format. Graduated grey background.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Telephone 1/232CB S55/2, ivory, introduced 1934. Front view. Black background.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Telephone 1/232CB S55/2, ivory, introduced 1934. Front view. Black background.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Telephone 1/232CB S55/2, ivory, introduced 1934. Front view. Black background. wiring digitally removed.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Telephone 1/232CB S55/2 in ivory, unknown maker for the General Post Office, British, 1934-1957.
The introduction of plastics that could be mixed with pigments, such as urea formaldehyde, meant that the Post Office could offer telephones in a range of colours. The 232 was available in ivory, red and green as well as the standard black. It could also be fitted with a small tray at the base, into which could be slotted cards showing dialling codes for the local area.
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- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 2004-134
- Materials:
- electronic components, metal (unknown), paper (fibre product), plastic (unidentified), textile and urea formaldehyde
- type:
- telephone
- taxonomy:
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- component - object
- credit:
- Donated by BT Heritage and Archives
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