Cell Phone used by Rudy Giuliani
date: label: date made
content: ca 2000
name: label: user
content: Giuliani, Rudy
label: maker
content: Motorola Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Although wired communications systems can be more secure, wireless systems have the advantage of flexibility. For example, if one or two towers fail in a cellular telephone system the phone simply locates a working tower and the call goes through. This reliability proved critically important to New York mayor Rudy Giuliani on September 11, 2001 when he used this cell phone to help coordinate recovery efforts. Wired telephone service was disrupted in much of the city but the cellular system remained operational.
place: label: place made
content: Malaysia
topic: label: general subject association
content: September 11 Terrorist Attacks
label: related event
content: September 11th Attacks
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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: Nextel Communications
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0241.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0241
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0241.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cellular telephone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: open: 19.7 cm x 5.7 cm x 4.5 cm; 7 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 25/32 in
label: Measurements
content: closed: 13.8 cm x 5.7 cm x 3.2 cm; 5 7/16 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in