Telephone
| Description: |
Known as a candlestick desk telephone, this 1920s phone was a popular model in homes across the country. Alexander Graham Bell first patented a machine that recorded speech sounds over electric wires in 1876. Newer technologies including push button dialing and wireless handsets have not changed the basic components of a telephone in over one hundred years. How is this phone different from the one at your house? |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/765 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0); |
| Subjects: |
Telephone 1920s |
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