Photo of Beardslee's magneto telephone
date: label: date made
content: ca 1885
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sepia photo of a Beardslee telephone device used in patent litigation. Image taken at unknown photo studio: "109 8th Ave., NYC." Written on back: "Magneto telephone made by George W. Beardslee at College Point, Long Island, NY 1865 / Testimony by George W. Beardslee in the case of the Molecular Telephone Co., of NY / "Exhibit Beardslee Holcomb / Telephone" / J A W Special Examiner / NY Dec 4th 1884 / No 1 _ instrument as used complete". And "copied Apr 1947 / neg no 37 686". Stamped "Section of Transportation / and Engineering".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from George W. Beardslee
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.180589
label: catalog number
content: 180589
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x in; 16.51 cm x 11.43 cm x .0254 cm