Printed Ephemera — 1931
Telephone
Card leaflet cut in the shape of a red public telephone box. When folded the leaflet also takes on the 3d shape of the box. The leaflet was issued by the Telephone Development Association to promote telephone services and usage. Inside are printed details of 'call-offices' needed to to make calls from a telephone box, and an illustration of the interior of a call box. As well as promoting the use of public call boxes the leaflet also sets out the benefits of renting a private telephone line: 'Every other subscriber is within your immediate reach, and you are with in reach of every other subscriber'.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 2003.2/2
- Object name:
- Telephone
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Telephone Development Association
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- Production date:
- 1931
- Material:
card
- Measurements/duration:
- H 202 mm, W 153 mm (closed)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
BT Connected Earth
- Copyright holder:
BT
- Image credit:
© BT Heritage
- Creative commons usage:
- —
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