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Catalog Data

Maker:
Bell Telephone Company  Search this
Measurements:
overall: 6 in x 2 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 6.985 cm
Object Name:
telephone
hand telephone
Date made:
1877
Description (Brief):
Hand Telephone, this was the last form of wooden case telephones used commercially by the Bell Telephone Company. Mahogany case with two connecting binding posts at the top, mouthpiece fastened to the frame with 4 screws. Marked: "Patented Mar. 7, '76, Jan 30, '77, No. 601." Object is pictured on the left.
Original catalog description reads: "These are the second form of hand telephones made by the Bell Telephone Company and were used on a line constructed by Mr. Bedlow's father, J. S. Bedlow, Portland, Maine, which connected the coal office with the wharf and was put in operation in 1877. This line was first equipped with an earlier form of telephones, Nos. 1 and 2, which was shortly after replaced by these instruments. These have been in the possession of Charles C. Bedlow since his father's death. At the time the line on which these instruments were used was inaugurated, Frederick A. Gower was General Agent for the Bell Telephone Company and he furnished these instruments." [George C. Maynard]
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
from Charles C. Bedlow
ID Number:
EM.298969
Accession number:
60955
Catalog number:
298969
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Work and Industry: Electricity
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-717e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_997281