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Pioneer Desk Telephone Set

Maker unknown

Very early Bell telephone set dating to around 1877 and transferred from Alexander Graham Bell.

Date
c. 1877
Collection
National Museum of American History
Reference
EM.284962

Plate not recorded
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Record

Medium
Wood; metal; electrical components
Origin
United States
Owner
Smithsonian Institution

In the Tapestry

Owned by
Alexander Graham BellA

Provenance and history

  1. c. 1877

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A

    americanhistory.si.edu

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