EE-5 Field Telephone
date: label: associated date
content: 1919 - 1940
name: label: manufacturer
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Telephone in leather case.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The British first used a telephone in war in 1877. In an experiment, British officers in the Indian Army used phones for passing messages while on the North West Frontier.
label: Description
content: By the First World War, the telephone was a common sight in trade and commerce. During the war, many more people came into contact with field telephones. After the war, the cost of a telephone at home was still out of reach for many people, but pay phones were a fast-growing business, providing communication in an emergency.
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
label: related event
content: The Emergence of Modern America
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Army Signal Corps Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.71992M
label: catalog number
content: 71992M
label: accession number
content: 281237
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Telephone, Field
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 7 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 24.13 cm x 18.415 cm x 9.525 cm
label: Measurements
content: handset: 3 in x 9 in x 3 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 22.86 cm x 8.89 cm