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Object:Dictograph loudspeaking 'master' house-telephone unit, c.1940


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The office intercom consisted of this 'master station' and several substations. It enabled a supervisor to speak to any assistant or set up a conference call.
'WORK' GO BACK TO WORK
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Ericofon telephone, c.1950s
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Princess' dial telephone, c.1950s
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Intercommunicating telephone with ten selector buttons, 1950
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Bell's Osborne telephone, 1878
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Siemens Neophone telephone, 1929
 
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