Ericsson "Eiffel Tower" Desk Stand Phone, 1897
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This beautiful phone uses its skeletal structure to showcase telephone technology. It was made by the independent Ericsson Company and was used by the independent telephone systems struggling against the Bell System's monopoly on service and equipment. The phone is deceptively decorative--the phone's "legs" serve as the magnet for the signaling magneto.
This beautiful phone uses its skeletal structure to showcase telephone technology. It was made by the independent Ericsson Company and was used by the independent telephone systems struggling against the Bell System's monopoly on service and equipment. The phone is deceptively decorative--the phone's "legs" serve as the magnet for the signaling magneto.
Artifact
Telephone
Date Made
1897
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
42.190.50
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Independent Pioneer Telephone Association.
Material
Metal
Wood (Plant material)
Cloth
Mica (Mineral)
Color
Black (Color)
Brown
Green
Inscriptions
On cross-brace on bell side of machine: L. M. ERICSSON & Co. On cross-brace on crank side: STOCKHOLM On handset support column: MADE IN SWEDEN BY A.-B. L. M. ERICSSON & CO | * STOCKHOLM * | PATENTED MARCH 3 1897 On edge of ebonite: 13427
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