Circa 1920's Antique Wall Phone
by Donna Kennedy
Title
Circa 1920's Antique Wall Phone
Artist
Donna Kennedy
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Original Fine Art Photography and digital artwork by Donna Kennedy...
Circa 1916-1920 Western Electric Antique Wall Phone-would make a perfect IPhone Case.
The ability to communicate over distance has long been part of human history. The earliest primative methods such as beating drums led to optical telegraphy using smoke signals, beacons of light and flags. A semaphore network invented by Claude Chappe operated in France in the late 1700's. An electrical telegraph was developed and patented in the United States in 1837 by Samuel F. B. Morse which revolutionized long distance communication. In 1863 Johann Phillipp Reis demonstrated a working electrical voice-transmission system . His machine consisted of a vibrating membrane that opened or closed an electric circuit. Working examples of Reis' transmitter and receiver can be found on the photos of early telephones page. While Reis only used his machine to demonstrate the nature of sound, there were other inventors that tried to find more practical applications of this technology. While there were others, it was Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 who was given a patent for the first operational telephone. It was this invention that proved to revolutionize the way people communicate throughout the world. Texting, emailing, camera phones, even something like using the Internet to earn an online MBA can all be credited back to the earliest telephone invention.
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Comments (40)
Darlene Kwiatkowski
Just revisiting to smile -- There's something very special about this piece of history. :)) fv again too
Marinescu Dan
And after 100 years of evolution, today is called: iPhone :) Any time we must remember the beginning. Congratulations for this idea, Miss Donna! L/F
Darlene Kwiatkowski
What a cool find! I don't go this far back, but I surely do remember the big black rotary hanging on the wall with the party line! fv :)
Jon Burch Photography
Nice shot Donna! Used to have one about like this except I think the first one had a metal case. The second was wood. I can still hear all the clicks on the line when you got a call... ;>) v
Nick Boren
I know someone that has one of these in his home... but of course it's not operational.. :-) Awesome shot of this oldie dear Donna. :-) fv
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