Mr. C. Burr Forrest in Ford Model T Automobile, using Telephone Connection with Rural Telephone Line, 1910
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C. Burr Forrest makes a call from his Ford Model T in this 1910 photograph. Forrest worked for the Gallipolis (Ohio) Telephone Company and could patch into the telephone line readily. Other drivers would have to wait for some years before mobile car phones became available.
C. Burr Forrest makes a call from his Ford Model T in this 1910 photograph. Forrest worked for the Gallipolis (Ohio) Telephone Company and could patch into the telephone line readily. Other drivers would have to wait for some years before mobile car phones became available.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1910
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.O.1077
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 8.25 in
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