Table Telephone

Object/Artifact

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Museum Of American Heritage

Name/Title

Table Telephone

Entry/Object ID

1000.490.1

Description

Telephone, Table

Made/Created

Manufacturer

LM Ericsson

Date made

1954

Notes

where made: Sweden

Color

Yellow

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

curated description

Label

Table Telephone Ericsson LM, Sweden 1954 This phone was one of the first to feature a combined dialer with a rotary dial on the bottom of the phone and a handset. While this phone was marketed to both European and American markets, it struggled to gain momentum in the United States due to Bell’s hold on the market.

General Notes

Note

Modern (futuristic) one piece design, dial on bottom of phone, stands upright. Artifact label in filing cabinet.