This early 1900s telephone was located in the home that architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed for George and Eleanor Stockman of Mason City, Iowa. Telephones like this were among the first phones that phone companies made available to the public. The phone had self-contained batteries to provide transmission power, and a magnet to generate the electricity required to ring the phone's bells. The Stockman's phone was located in their kitchen. Content can be used with the following standards: 4th grade SS 4.25 Technological Standards in a lesson on communication developments in the early 1900s. For any use other than instructional resources, please check with the organization that owns this item regarding copyright restrictions.
2018.033.004 [Telephone, Wall]
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