Telephone
- Object Name:
- Telephone
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.593
- Place of Origin:
- Chicago, IL
- Date:
- 1910-1930
- Description:
- Telephone, used in a pharmacy. Desk-type. Metal with black finish, except for brass post, which is unfinished. Circular base, marked "WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY / PAT. IN U.S.A. / AUG 16 04". Nameplate on mouthpiece: "WESTERN ELECTRIC / MADE IN U.S.A. / PAT. IN U.S.A." Purple felt on bottom. Cord with brown fabric insulation.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-12 W-6 Dia-5.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection also includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to NHHS library (1992-068).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood
- Subjects:
- Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Drugstores, Telephones
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