Headset and Breastplate, Type 23A

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Title

Headset and Breastplate, Type 23A

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Awarua Communications Museum

Collection

Awarua Communications Museum

Description

This is the headset and breastplate from the switchboard at the Awarua Radio Museum. The headset and breastplate would have once been worn by an operator at the telephone exchange to communicate with phone users who they would then transfer to the person they wished to speak to. The switchboard was an essential component of a manual telephone exchange, and was operated by switchboard operators who used electrical cords or switches to establish the connections. Working with one of these headse...

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Format

Image

Date created

1951

Creator

Unknown Maker

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/8060/objects/961274

Related subjects

Communication (including Diaries and Letters) / Communication / 1950s

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