M0013744: Speaking or conversation tube, 19th century

Date:
October 1954
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/123/34
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M0013744: Speaking or conversation tube, 19th century. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Speaking or conversation tube

Description

Speaking or conversation tube used by the very hard of hearing to obviate the need for the close approach of the speaker. With ivory cones and flexible tubing. The item was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1924 (accession number R15554). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

October 1954

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R15554 (image 186)

Copyright note

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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