Field Telephone
Object Details
- manufacturer
- American Electric Co., Inc.
- Description
- Physical Description
- Model EE-8-A field telephone, leather case.
- General History
- American Electric military field phone, model EE-8-A. The phone is encased in leather. The handset is marked American Electric and there is a magneto crank.
- Location
- Currently not on view (batteries)
- Credit Line
- Twentieth Century Fox
- ID Number
- 1985.0335.22
- catalog number
- 1985.0335.22
- accession number
- 1985.0335
- Object Name
- telephone
- Other Terms
- telephone; Equipment, Organizational; Signal Corps; Field
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 24.5 cm x 9 cm x 19.5 cm; 9 5/8 in x 3 9/16 in x 7 11/16 in
- used
- Europe
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- ThinkFinity
- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- used
- M*A*S*H
- related event
- The Great Depression and World War II
- World War II
- Record ID
- nmah_1081464
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-326d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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