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- Telephone, 2000 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.

- 2000
- Collections - Artifact
Telephone, 2000
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Telephone, 2000 - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.

- 2000
- Collections - Artifact
Telephone, 2000
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
- Telephone Receiver -

- Collections - Artifact
Telephone Receiver
- Telephone Receiver -

- Collections - Artifact
Telephone Receiver
- Telephone Table, 1990 -

- 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Telephone Table, 1990
- Telephone Table, 1990 -

- 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Telephone Table, 1990
- Telephone, 1880-1920 -

- 1880-1920
- Collections - Artifact
Telephone, 1880-1920
- Wall Telephone, 1904 -

- 1904
- Collections - Artifact
Wall Telephone, 1904
- Western Short Distance Telephone Company Telephone, 1889-1930 -

- 1889-1930
- Collections - Artifact
Western Short Distance Telephone Company Telephone, 1889-1930
- Telephone, circa 1895 - In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell shouted these first words into his invention: "Mr. Watson--Come here! I want to see you!" While the "true invention" origins of the telephone are complicated, Bell received the first patent for improvements in telegraphy, allowing bi-directional transmission of voice. "The future of wires" united the nation as telephones were commercialized throughout the 20th century.

- circa 1895
- Collections - Artifact
Telephone, circa 1895
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell shouted these first words into his invention: "Mr. Watson--Come here! I want to see you!" While the "true invention" origins of the telephone are complicated, Bell received the first patent for improvements in telegraphy, allowing bi-directional transmission of voice. "The future of wires" united the nation as telephones were commercialized throughout the 20th century.