Vintage Mickey Mouse Landline Telephone

Vintage Mickey Mouse Landline Telephone

Media and Entertainment, Communication Technology

This artifact is a landline phone in the shape of the original Mickey Mouse. These types of phones were seen as decor and were a central part of everyone's everyday lives, as they were the only way they communicated other than word of mouth. Companies like Southern Bell, which AT&T later bought, used to create these phones to make them more appealing and decorative to families. The phone represents a time period when landlines were the most common form of communication, before mobile phones. It shows how popular Mickey Mouse was and still is in everyday life. This phone was gifted to an employee of Southern Bell Phone Company.

ID: Mickey is shown in his signature round ears, gloves, and facial features(often smiling), and a keypad dialing area. It also shows a cord and a yellow phone.

Physical Dimensions: Approx 14.75 inches tall

Southern Bell Phone Company

Personal Collection

1970

Morgan James

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JPG

English

Physical Object