Field Telephone
name: label: manufacturer
content: American Electric Co., Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Model EE-8-A field telephone, leather case.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: American Electric military field phone, model EE-8-A. The phone is encased in leather. The handset is marked American Electric and there is a magneto crank.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (batteries)
place: label: used
content: Europe
topic: label: used
content: M*A*S*H
label: related event
content: The Great Depression and World War II
label: related event
content: World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Twentieth Century Fox
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0335.22
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0335.22
label: accession number
content: 1985.0335
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telephone
label: Other Terms
content: telephone; Equipment, Organizational; Signal Corps; Field
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 24.5 cm x 9 cm x 19.5 cm; 9 5/8 in x 3 9/16 in x 7 11/16 in