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Telephone
The Consolidated telephone construction & Maintenance1801 - 1900
Museu Imperial
Petrópolis, Brazil
Phone used by the Emperor, who was installed in the Palace of 'São Cristóvão' or at Santa Cruz farm. Lover of science, thanks to the intervention of D. Pedro II, in Rio de Janeiro had the second telephone company of the world. The first was founded by the inventor of the telephone, Graham Bell, in Boston, USA.
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Details
- Title: Telephone
- Creator Lifespan: 1881 - 1912
- Creator Nationality: British
- Creator Death Place: London
- Creator Birth Place: London
- Date: 1801 - 1900
- Physical Dimensions: w21,7 x h37,5 cm (maior medida)
- Provenance: Museu Imperial/Ibram/Minc
- Type: wood, metal, bakelite and porcelain
- External Link: Museu Imperial
- manufactory: The Consolidated telephone construction & Maintenance
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