Cell Phone used by Henry Paulson
date: label: date made
content: 2007 - 2008
name: label: maker
content: Motorola Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The portability of cellular telephones provides users with the ability to make calls from almost anywhere and Motorola was built on portability. The company made car radios in the 1930s and portable radios called walkie-talkies for the U.S. military during World War Two, and played a major role in the development of cell phones. This Motorola “Razor” was used by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson during his final year in office. The phone served as a primary means of communication for Paulson when dealing with such events as the 2008 financial crisis.
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Communications
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Henry Paulson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0004.01
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0004.01
label: accession number
content: 2009.0004
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telephone, cellular
label: Object Name
content: cellular telephone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 5.715 cm x 1.27 cm