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Early Wall Telephone


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      Date: 1920 -

Description: An early wall telephone consisting of a wooden box with a sloping lid with lip for papers etc. The backboard above the box has two metal bells and is ornately carved. There is a metal handset attached to the left hand side of the box which is both speaker and earpiece.

Format: Realia
Object: telephones
Material: wood

Titles:
Early Wall Telephone

Subjects: communication systems

Places: Woolmers Estate, Longford, Tasmania

Institution: Woolmers Foundation Inc.

Object number: WMF_0000133

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