Telephone
Archive
Explore phones
▾
all phones
candlesticks
wood phones
deco
wall phones
multi-line
novelty
celebrity
switchboards
accessories
payphone
data
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
PDFs
Cards
Signs
About
Edison Motograph Telephone
1870s
Categories:
American
About This Phone
Loud-speaking (or musical) telephone, patented on July 30, 1877 by Thomas A. Edison, with carbon-button microphone and electromotograph (chalk) receiver with revolving drum of chalk and a small crank; cast-iron housing.
×
‹
›
© 2026 Telephonearchive.com