1 10 4 https://openvalley.org/files/original/081732e7f07bbc14477c1e01b43e2181.jpg 780215dda1a5586b2d483b7ad54aa8d3 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Book illustration Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Telephone Magneto Description An account of the resource T.S. Baldwin's "Practical Telephone Hand Book" was one of many introducing the new technology to Americans Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Baldwin, T. S. (b. 1865) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available F. J. Drake & Co. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1902 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived HathiTrust Networks Sheffield Peabody telephone https://openvalley.org/files/original/31dd0947085b0b4979c9bb5f9c34f6db.jpg 2b3e825fe8a0a955bcb14ceff36901ce https://openvalley.org/files/original/42e777fe9d1f4a28d30d9586bb55ce77.jpg cf0202e8915a891aa92dc580dd8d54e5 https://openvalley.org/files/original/0792923b20516f525f61e84cd0f5cd2e.jpg bc13ce1625a5570421c4af7e83263627 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Book lithograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Western Electric Company multiple switchboard Description An account of the resource In order to handle increasing numbers of telephone calls, switchboards like this model from the 1880s employed operators to make connections between the parties. (Click on the image for diagrams illustrating the difference between single-line wires and a switched circuit.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Poole, J[oseph] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1891 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived J[oseph] Poole, "Practical Telephone Handbook and Guide to the Telephone Exchange" (London: Whittaker, 1891), p. 148 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 454 KB electricity Networks Sheffield Peabody telephone https://openvalley.org/files/original/df52929df6867861cdc91be0fbb823ac.jpg 34d234d7cd84e60c7aa95de10cdfd820 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Sheet music cover illustration Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Dawn of the Century" March & Two-Step, sheet music cover Description An account of the resource Cover artwork shows allegorical woman holding a standard identifying her as "XXth Century". She has an electric light bulb atop her head and stands on a winged wheel, representing Progress. Around her are examples of modern technology and invention, including a typewriter, telegraph key, electric streetcar, dynamo, engine, telephone, sewing machine, camera, printing press, locomotive, and "horseless carriage" type automobile. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource E.T. Paull Music Co. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1900 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wikimedia Commons Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1 MB Networks Sheffield Peabody technology telephone https://openvalley.org/files/original/97c052588cb8f8c4e13c728d55aad26d.jpg f175d6b4a5c3a8b66d141caf84c6b34e https://openvalley.org/files/original/138b6fd7c4ab95e189b1694abfe273c2.jpg fa3643a648e91e3cfd7648df38d396f7 https://openvalley.org/files/original/0bc137138a58f46007d7e7ebae320b0c.jpg 9ad3fa934c865a33a14d17ed19753809 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Newspaper advertisement Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource For a Carefree Vacation, Keep in Touch by Telephone Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 2 MB jpeg, 1.8 MB jpeg, 1.7 MB Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York Daily News 5 Aug 1940: 56 New York Daily News 13 Aug 1940: 73 New York Daily News 19 Aug 1940: 175 Description An account of the resource During the 1920s-30s, telephone service developed from a luxury facilitated by telephone operators, to a self-dialed consumer necessity. Or so the phone companies suggested. This series of three advertisements from 1940 envisions humorously disastrous fears as to what's happening back home, when an individual is on vacation. The New York Telephone Company lists several vacation spots from which to check up on a slumming husband or malingering employees. Using inflation-adjusted figures, however, a 3-minute phone call from Lake Placied to New York--on an evening or weekend--translates into more than $15.  The illustrations are of interest because they were created by Federal Art Project painter Stephen R. Ronay, whose work <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/2096" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Life Boat</a> is held by the New Deal Gallery in Mount Morris, NY. While that work is more serious in tone, it shares with much of Ronay's output from this period an interest in vibrant, chaotic scenes involving many people and actions--somewhat in the manner of William Hogarth. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ronay, Stephen R[obert], 1900 - 1983 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available New York Telephone Company Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940-08-05 1940-08-13 1940-08-19 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image advertisement Cartoon New York Telephone Stephen Ronay telephone