Telephone History Museum, Moscow

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If you happen to be visiting Moscow and are interested in history of various inventions and patents, you should not miss visiting the Telephone History Museum, which has been established by "Mastertel." The museum is located at the company's headquarters, where telephones of different world leading telephone producers of 1876-1970 are displayed. Till you go to Moscow, herein under is a pictorial of the inside of the museum to compel you to see these rare telephones by actually going to this unique museum. ATEA desk telephone, 1948, Antwerp. A Bell desk telephone, 1890, USA. An L. M. Ericsson (Lars Magnus Ericsson) telephone, 1895, Sweden. This telephone with an inductor call became the company's trademark. The common people called it "skeleton-telephone". It was widely used in Europe (including Russia) and in the United States, at social infractructure facilities and in apartments. A Siemens desk telephone, 1878, Germany. This telephone was made of wood and was simultaneously used as a microphone and a receiver. When one of the interlocutors was speaking, the other one had to keep silent. The two of them could not speak at the same time. At first the telephone had no ring. It was used by German postal authorities. A Siemens & Halske (Siemens) desk telephone, automatic telephone system, model ZBSA 11, 1910, Germany.