Candlestick telephone
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candlestick-telephone-273-97057
title:
Candlestick telephone
text:
The candlestick telephone is a style of telephone that was common from the late 1890s to the 1940s. A candlestick telephone is also often referred to as a desk stand, an upright, or a stick phone. Candlestick telephones featured a mouthpiece (transmitter) mounted at the top of the stand, and a receiver (earphone) that was held by the user to the ear during a call. When the telephone was not in use, the receiver rested in the fork of the switch hook protruding to the side of the stand, thereby di
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description:
Type of early telephone
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlestick_telephone
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date modified:
2024-02-07T00:55:08Z
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