Wall Telephone

Dateca. 1910

Mediumwood, metal, bakelite

Dimensionstelephone: 26 × 8 × 15 in. (66 × 20.3 × 38.1 cm)
ear piece: 17 × 2 3/4 in. (43.2 × 7 cm)

ClassificationsTools, Implements & Weights

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase

Object numberPC1976.86.193

DescriptionThis is a wall phone with a speaker and a detachable earpiece. The phone is mounted onto a large wooden vertical rectangle, including a small table at the bottom. At the top are two gold circular bells, and in the center is the speaker which sits on a metal arm and juts out forwards. On the left side is a semi-circle handle which holds the ear piece, a roughly cylindrical piece attached to a wire which is now broken. On the right side is a small crank handle.

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