Telephone Collection (page 6)

Telephone exchange, 1890
3479275 Telephone exchange, 1890; (add.info.: Switchman connecting a call at the Central Telephone Exchange, 198 Broadway, New York)

Ader's Fanfare, 1889
3479265 Ader's Fanfare, 1889; (add.info.: Ader's Fanfare: detailed view of the receiver. Demonstrated at the Paris Exposition of 1889.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1876
3479244 Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1876; (add.info.: Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone (1875), exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876

Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1885
3479242 Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1885; (add.info.: Alexander Graham Bell's (1847-1922) telephone, exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876

Feeding telephone cable from drum, 1890
3479178 Feeding telephone cable from drum, 1890; (add.info.: Feeding telephone cable from drum, down manhole and into conduit: New York)

Diagram of Ader's system for transmitting music by telephone, 1881
3479486 Diagram of Ader's system for transmitting music by telephone, 1881; (add.info.: Diagram of Ader's system for transmitting music by telephone which was first used to relay performances)

Woman in wireless telephone (the TSF) costume, with speaker hat, receiver and gold dress
FLO4684452 Woman in wireless telephone (the TSF) costume, with speaker hat, receiver and gold dress. Lithograph by unknown artist with stencil handcolouring from " Nos Travestis"

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor: patented telephone 1876
532043 Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor: patented telephone 1876. Bell in lecture hall of Boston University

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor: patented telephone 1876
532042 Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor: patented telephone 1876: Bell inaugurating 1520 km telephone link between New York and Chicago, 18 October 1892

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor: patented telephone 1876. Picture published 1907
532039 Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor: patented telephone 1876. Picture published 1907; Universal History Archive/UIG

Cross-section of Edison's lamp-black (carbon) button telephone transmitter (microphone). Wood engraving c1891
530467 Cross-section of Edison's lamp-black (carbon) button telephone transmitter (microphone). Wood engraving c1891.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Courting by telephone across Paris. 1883 (engraving from From A Robida Le Vingtieme Siecle Paris)
541371 Courting by telephone across Paris. 1883 (engraving from From A Robida Le Vingtieme Siecle Paris); (add.info.: Robida's idea of one of the results of the invention of the telephone)

Telephone call box. Engraving published Paris 1888
537746 Telephone call box. Engraving published Paris 1888; (add.info.: Telephone call box. Engraving published Paris 1888); Universal History Archive/UIG

Carbon microphone, invented in 1878 by David Edward Hughes (1831-1900), English inventor. From R
537741 Carbon microphone, invented in 1878 by David Edward Hughes (1831-1900), English inventor. From R. Wormell Electricity in the Service of ManLondon, 1890

Shoot for Kamella children's clothes brand
Client: Stonehouse Advertising - shoot for Kamella children's clothes brand - little girl's padded dressing gown and slippers Date: circa 1967

Engraving depicting Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton's telephone
5308535 Engraving depicting Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton's telephone; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton's telephone)

Work foreman at a factory communicating with management
5615883 Work foreman at a factory communicating with management; (add.info.: Work foreman at a factory communicating with management via a wall-mounted Phelp's Duplex internal telephone.; 1879)

French army portable field telephone
5615885 French army portable field telephone; (add.info.: French army portable field telephone 1890. 01/01/1890); Universal History Archive/UIG

A Bell telephone
5309984 A Bell telephone; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a Bell telephone, invented by Alexander Graham Bell. Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer

Tinsel Toes, 1914 (pastel, watercolour, brush and black ink on board)
650536 Tinsel Toes, 1914 (pastel, watercolour, brush and black ink on board) by Shinn, Everett (1876-1953); 68.8x75.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Tinsel Toes. Everett Shinn (1876-1953)

An engraving depicting a detailed view of the transmitter of Ader's telephone, 19th century
5311635 An engraving depicting a detailed view of the transmitter of Ader's telephone, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG

Ader's Fanfare, 1889
3479263 Ader's Fanfare, 1889; (add.info.: Ader's Fanfare: detailed view of the receiver. Demonstrated at the Paris Exposition of 1889.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Ader-Bell telephone, 1883
3479261 Ader-Bell telephone, 1883; (add.info.: The Ader-Bell telephone, used in France. B, B, were receivers, and behind the panel was a microphone. Dated 1883.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1876
3479245 Alexander Graham Bell's photo phone, 1876; (add.info.: Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone (1875), exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876

Quintet in New York, 1891
3479260 Quintet in New York, 1891; (add.info.: Quintet in New York, playing into 4 microphones, given a concert which is being transmitted by telephone to an audience in Newton, Mass)

New telephone cable laying ship, 1850
3479180 New telephone cable laying ship, 1850; (add.info.: The Long Lines, new telephone cable laying ship. Leaving Baltimore recently to begin paying cut special armorless cable that will provide)

Confused network of telegraph cables, 1881
3479173 Confused network of telegraph cables, 1881; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a confused network of telegraph cables and telephone lines across a cityscape)

Wall telephone, 1879
3479331 Wall telephone, 1879; (add.info.: Wall telephone designed by Elisha Gray and used widely in the Western States of the U.S. From George B)

Philipp Reis, 1891
3479324 Philipp Reis, 1891; (add.info.: Philipp Reis's telephone transmitter (top) and magnetostriction receiver at bottom. Paris, 1891.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Vibrating telephone, 1894
3479319 Vibrating telephone, 1894; (add.info.: Vibrating telephone alarm bell. Louis Figuier Les Nouvelles Conquetes de la Science, Paris 1894.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Impression of Elisha Gray, 1890
3479314 Impression of Elisha Gray, 1890; (add.info.: Artist's impression of Elisha Gray presenting his caveat for his telephone at the United States Patent Office at 4 p.m)

Telephone service, 1891
3479307 Telephone service, 1891; (add.info.: The London/Paris telephone service was opened on 28th March 1891. 14th April 1891.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Phelp's crown telephone, 1882
3479290 Phelp's crown telephone, 1882; (add.info.: Phelp's crown telephone. This had one iron disc, opposite which the similar poles of six ring magnets were placed)

Reis's musical telephone, 1896
3479283 Reis's musical telephone, 1896; (add.info.: Transmitter of Reis's musical telephone, made in the form of the human ear)

A reconstruction of the "Covo" or "Haunt" of Via Paolo da Cannobbio at the Rome Exposition Palace
3562226 A reconstruction of the "Covo" or "Haunt" of Via Paolo da Cannobbio at the Rome Exposition Palace on the occasion of the Fascist Revolution Exhibition; (add.info)

First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): Headquarters: Generals of the French army studying battle plans
DUV4201410 First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): Headquarters: Generals of the French army studying battle plans. Engraving in " Alphabet of the Great War 1914-1916

First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): Letter Q as the headquarters. Generals of the French army studying battle plans
DUV4201414 First World War 1914-1918 (14-18): Letter Q as the headquarters. Generals of the French army studying battle plans

Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell, 1876 (engraving)
865127 Portrait of Alexander Graham Bell, 1876 (engraving); (add.info.: Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor. Patented his telephone in 1876

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor, lecturing on his telephone at Salem (top)
532048 Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) Scottish-born American inventor, lecturing on his telephone at Salem (top) while friends in his study at Boston listen to his lecture - 12 February 1877

Edison carbon telephone. Wood engraving, London, 1879
530473 Edison carbon telephone. Wood engraving, London, 1879; Universal History Archive/UIG

Club Regulations (engraving)
607906 Club Regulations (engraving) by Reynolds, Frank (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Club Regulations; from Punch, 27 November 1912); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Cartoon depicting a man using a telephone, 19th century
5308593 Cartoon depicting a man using a telephone, 19th century; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a man using a telephone. Dated 19th century 01/02/1880); Universal History Archive/UIG

String Telephone, 1878
1574786 String Telephone, 1878; (add.info.: A string telephone. Engraving from 'Le Telephone' by T. De Moncel, Paris, 1878.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Ocean Cable, 1850
3479182 Ocean Cable, 1850; (add.info.: Ocean Cable. Workmen at the Western Eclectic company plant in Baltimore store a 23-mile length of armorless ocean cable in a tank for transfer to the new cable)

Bell telephone, 1880
3479240 Bell telephone, 1880; (add.info.: Using a bell telephone. Dated 1880.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Story in The Rain
Takaaki Ishikura

University of Washington, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
University of Washington, 1917. A trooper from the University of Washington militia using a portable field-telephone in a suitcase

German field telephone, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
German field telephone, 1914. German soldier talking on telephone which is attached to a tree, next to a brick building, during World War I

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