A number of photos and brief information about these telephones can be found on this page. Telephones are placed in several categories as listed below:

Photographs and information of some of the early telephones that were produced prior to 1878 including the Reis Telephone, the McDonough transmitter, the Patent Model, the Liquid Telephone, the Gallows Telephone and the Centennial Telephone are available.

Examples of the major Western Electric telephones that were used on the Bell Telephone System can be found here.

Examples of Non-Western Electric Telephones that were used on various independent telephone systems can be found. Additional photographs are added as resources permit.

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