Image
Category
Collection
On Display
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

MICROTAC Cellular Telephone, 1993

1993

Lucas grapnel, 1888-1960

1888-1960

Excell M2 Pocketphone, 1987.

1987

Flag from Cable Ship 'Faraday' (sunk 1941), 1923-1941

1923-1941

Grey ATA 31/34 telephone with dial, 1965-1968

1965-1968

ATC Genie telephone, 1970-1984

1970-1984

Telephone in two-tone light blue and grey, 1984

1984

Telsa T65H telephone, 1950-1967

1950-1967

NEC 600P push-button telephone, 1981

1981

Croma telephone with dial, 1976

1976

Red HD671-11 telephone, 1960-1982

1960-1982

Five hundred-line switch RVA 30314, 1970

1970

Telephone crossbar switch, Swedish Ericsson, 1921

1921

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Technophone 'EXCELL PC105T' mobile telephone, 1986

1986

Specimen of Dover-Calais telegraph cable, 1851

1851

Desk telephone transmitter and receiver (sectioned), 1926.

1926

Specimen of the first transatlantic telephone cable, deep sea type, 1956

1956

Thirty pair PVC insulated and sheathed armoured cable, 1933-1969

1933-1969

'You may telephone from here' sign, 1910-1936

1910-1936

Pole climbing irons, 1900-1960

1900-1960

Siemens SL55 mobile telephone, 2003-2006

2003-2006

Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Apple 'iPhone 3G' smartphone, 2008-2010

2008-2010

Wall telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Stock Exchange automatic telegraph, 1872-1880

1872-1880

Experimental carbon block microphone, 1878-1890

1878-1890

Coaxial cable sample, 1948-1967

1948-1967

Steljes ABC type printing telegraph receiver No. 477

1895-1910

National Telephone Company directory, 1898-1899

1898-1899

A T & T national telephone directory, October 1896

1896

Jubilee telephone wall mounting, 1977

1977

Replica of Bell's 1876 centennial telephone transmitter, 1959

1959

Wall telephone with battery box, 1880-1940

1880-1940

Mechanical telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Edison telephone, 1879

1879

Wheatstone automatic tape transmitter, 1840-1860

1840-1860

Motorola tone pager, 1980-1990

1980-1990

Magneto-ringing Ericsson telephone, 1892-1920

1892-1920

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Cable grappling illustration, 1874-1924

1874-1924

'Supercom' text telephone, 1999

1999

Speech memory board from System X Automatic Announcement Subsystem, 1979-1985

1979-1985

Bell's harmonic telegraph receiver, 1925-1958

1925-1958

Enamelled notice regarding stone throwing, 1910-1936

1910-1936

Specimen of television cable, 1936

1936

Thorn-Ericsson 'Astrofon' telephone, 1981

1981

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

1865

Sample of the first transatlantic cable, 1857-1858

1857-1858

Letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

1858-03-02