London: Communications: Scott telephones: Telephone kiosks: telephone boxes: red culture: 20th. century design: Design: Street furniture: Post Office: British Telephones:
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A classically attractive example of the original Gilbert Scott design for the second generation telephone kiosks; the K2 evolved into the smaller, ubiquitous K6, with differently designed window panes so common in town and country landscapes for so long but now permanently at risk first from the design being unsuitable for modern operations and ultimately from pure redudnancy in the face of mobile phone technology. The majority of the K2s that remain are in bigger towns and cities like this one in London
London: Communications: Scott telephones: Telephone kiosks: telephone boxes: red culture: 20th. century design: Design: Street furniture: Post Office: British Telephones: Stamps: Stamp machines:
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This is a rare surviving variation of the Gilbert Scott successful 20th. century range of designs for telephone kiosks. Based on the K2 design the K4 combined stamp vending facilities as well as telephone communication.
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Iconic British red K6 phone box with button A and button B controls for payment for calls. Designed to and introduced to commemorate the silver jubilee of King George V in 1935, the K6 was an extension of the original K1 designed by by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1924.
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Telephone apparatus available to New York subscribers. This used an Edison transmitter and a 'pony crown' receiver (lower right of picture. Wood engraving c1891.
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Standard; vacuum; sweeper; cleaner; electric; domestic; appliance; Hoover; Standard Telephones and Cables; 1920s; 1926; advert; advertisement; ad; publicity; Homes and Gardens; magazine; England; UK
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Standard Vacuum Sweeper advert from 1926 "Homes and Gardens" magazine.
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Solar powered calculator sitting in bright sunshine on a grey slate tile