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Telephone

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  • A telephone representing an advertisement for the AIDS Concern Hotline, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • The numbers of the AIDS Hotline in Hong Kong '2780 2211' arranged in squares in a semi-circle with the silhouette of a hand pointing to the digits of a telephone below; advertisement by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Franol-Plus. 1, Ericsson Magneto Telephone circa 1900.
  • Ambulance Column depot, 9 Gower Street, London: the Record Room, with two women answering the telephone and writing in registers. Photograph, September 1918.
  • A phone receiver [?] in the form of a creature with tails as antennae, and a body comprising an egg box opened to reveal 6 red eggs as the telephone digits [?]; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Raúl, ca. 1995.
  • Acoustics: a telephonic demonstration at an exhibition (in Paris?). Wood engraving, ca.1889.
  • A naked man makes a telephone call to number '175' and gets no connexion; advertising the AIDS helpline by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe and AIDS-Hilfe DDR. Colour lithograph by Friedrich Baumhauer and Wolfgang Mudra, 1990.
  • Ambulance Column depot, 9 Gower Street, London: the Telephone Room, with officials in telephone booths, perhaps answering enquiries. Photograph, September 1918.
  • Ambulance Column depot, 9 Gower Street, London: the Record Room, with two women answering the telephone and writing in registers. Photograph, September 1918.
  • Manifesto 2000 : the right to information / British Deaf Asscociation ; sponsored by Granada, the top name in rental.
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Catalogue

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    Sound / by John Tyndall.

    Tyndall, John, 1820-1893. | Date: 1883
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    A large syringe about to inject into a row of arms with a personification of the HIV virus bearing a red bandana and the pronged fork of the devil lurks nearby; a warning about the dangers of sharing needles by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

    | Date: [1995?] | Reference: 678381i
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    Mobile phones and health : summary and recommendations / Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones.

    Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones (Great Britain) | Date: 2000
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922), teacher of the deaf and inventor of the telephone

    Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922. | Date: 1878 | Reference: MS.8748
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    A touch-tone telephone on which the hash button is replaced by the logo of a cancer relief charity in the Netherlands, representing a helpline for questions about cancer. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Kankerbestrijding Koningin Wilhelmina Fonds, 2001.

    | Date: [2001] | Reference: 749178i
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