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Switchboard operator's breastplate headset

Switchboard operator's breastplate headset Switchboard operator's breast plate head set, 1920
Switchboard operator's breastplate headset Switchboard operator's breast plate head set, 1920

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Switchboard operator's breastplate headset
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem

Switchboard operator's breast plate head set, 1920
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Switchboard operator's breast plate head set, 1920.

Details

Category:
Telecommunications
Object Number:
Y2003.22.168.1
Materials:
Incomplete, transmitter section only
Measurements:
Overall: 140 mm x 110 mm x 185 mm,
type:
telephone exchange accessory
credit:
Gift of British Telecommunications plc

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