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Old-Fashioned Crank Phone,1940

Lady signaling operator on old style telephone. One of the first telephones commercially available was the hand cranked wall telephone, which was basically a wooden rectangular box that housed the necessary components with a receiver that hung on the exterior. These wall telephones were referred to as camera telephones and box telephones. Photographed by John Vachon, 1940 (cropped and cleaned).

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Old-Fashioned Crank Phone,1940

Caption:

Lady signaling operator on old style telephone. One of the first telephones commercially available was the hand cranked wall telephone, which was basically a wooden rectangular box that housed the necessary components with a receiver that hung on the exterior. These wall telephones were referred to as camera telephones and box telephones. Photographed by John Vachon, 1940 (cropped and cleaned).

Personalities:

JOHN VACHON

Credit:

Album / Science Source / Library of Congress

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Image size:

3345 x 4800 px | 45.9 MB

Print size:

28.3 x 40.6 cm | 11.2 x 16.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

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