Communications and Information Technology
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The Henry Ford's communications and information technology collections, dating from the 17th-century to the present day, document how technologies and systems are used to provide access to knowledge and to move information at increased speeds. From the printing press to the Internet (and beyond), these collections document the physical hardware as well as the ephemeral ways we live through technology.
Ramage Hand-lever Printing Press, circa 1809 - 1
Washington Press, circa 1848 - 2
Sholes & Glidden Desk Typewriter, 1874-1876 - 1
Edison Electric Pen, circa 1877 - 2
Linotype Composing Machine, circa 1915 - 1
Xerox Photocopier Model 914, Introduced in 1959 - 1
First Portable Superheterodyne Radio Receiver, Made by Edwin Howard Armstrong, 1923 - 5
Zenith Radio Nurse, 1938
Radio Receiver, Used by Amateur Radio Station W6DQZ, circa 1930 - 2
Sony SRF-39FP AM/FM Prison Radio, circa 2000 - 1
Edison Kinetoscope with Kinetophone, 1912-1913 - 1
Jenkins Mechanical Scanning Tabletop RadiovisorTelevision Receiver RK-1 Kit, circa 1931 - 1
RCA Selectavision VCR, 1981 - 1
Tinfoil Phonograph, 1878 - 1
Sharp GF-777 "The Searcher-W" Boombox, circa 1984
Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, 1981 - 1
Sony Walkman II, circa 1982 - 2
Hollerith Tabulating Machine, 1890 - 2
Burroughs Class I / Model 9 Adding Machine, 1910
HP-35 Scientific Calculator, 1973
Machine Used to Strand Transatlantic Cable, 1860-1865 - 3
Galvanometer Used to Receive Queen Victoria's Message to President James Buchanan Over the First Transatlantic Cable, 1858 - 1
Prototype Action Office I Communication Center, Used by Robert Propst, 1963-1964
"The Walking Office" Wearable Computer Prototype, 1984 - 1
Motorola StarTac Cellular Telephone with Charger, 1996-1999 - 1
Google "Sooner" Prototype Cellphone, 2007
iPhone, 2007 - 4
