Title

Communication by speaking tube, c1850. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Communication by speaking tube, c1850. A waiter serving clients in a restaurant, speaking to chefs at work in the kitchen on the floor below, using a speaking tube. Before the invention of the telephone this device was used for communication between different levels in houses, warehouses and ships. Educational print published in Wurtemberg, Germany c1850.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1850

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B64_211

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (2,7Mb) / 12,5in x 15,5in / 3753 x 4651 (300dpi)

Keywords

food people job technology communication communications sound industry science trade cooking cookery occupation chef listening room color colour eating restaurant kitchen dining century cook waiter customer speaking profession concept physics stove catering dining room service industry 19th century dining-room nineteenth century Oxford Science Archive speaking tube engraving Unknown engraving