Automatic telephone Siemens & Halske – dialing
Black desktop telephone by Siemens & Halske with metal casing and Bakelite handset. On the right, there is coat of arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The telephone was used in the first half of the 20th century. The connection with another subscriber was established by rotating the dial.
Manufactured by Siemens & Halske, Germany
Sound of a rotary dial of Siemens & Halske automatic telephone.
Sound level: 60 dB
Sound recordist: Dušan Oblak
Photographer: Veronika Štampfl
Video recordist: Barbara Grilc
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1830s
3.2 MB
33 s
1 (Mono)
3.2 MB
33 s
1 (Mono)
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48 kHz
768 kb/s
16 bit
768 kb/s
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Recorded on April 7, 2014
Museum of Post and Telecommunications
Polhov Gradec, SLOVENIA
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