Working History — C. 1892
Telephone switchboard
This telephone switchboard was used at the Piccadilly residence of the famous Rothschild banking family. It connected the family home with the Rothschilds bank at New Court in the City of London and Lionel de Rothschild's country house at Halton, Buckinghamshire.
- Category:
- Working History
- Object ID:
- 2003.2/251b
- Object name:
- telephone switchboard
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- c. 1892
- Material:
wood, metal
- Measurements/duration:
- H 470 mm, W 315 mm, D 210 mm (without cord) (overall)
- 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
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