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Photo Gallery: Communication Artifacts at LBHS

Visit the Little Beaver Historical Society in Darlington, Pennsylvania during History Celebration Weekend and see these interesting artifacts–and so much more.

Commodore Plus/4 early consumer computer. c. 1980s. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

Telegraph electro-mechanical "sounder" device for transmitting and receiving Morse code.

Working printing press. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

Early telephone.
Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit. — Early telephone. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

Postage scale and letter box. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

Cylinder phonograph.
Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit. — Cylinder phonograph. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

Braille machine.
Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit. — Braille machine. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

Thomas Oliver No.9 "batwing" Typewriter early 1900 — Thomas Oliver No. 9 "batwing" typewriter. c. early 1900s. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

Thomas Oliver Typewriter. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

Wax cylinder Dictaphone transcribing machine. c. early 1900s. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

7" Philco bakelite television, c. late 40s.
Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit. — 7" Philco bakelite television, c. late 40s. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

Mirrorscope "magic lantern" still image projector. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

Eastman Kodak "Brownie" film camera. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

c. 1980s "gothic cathedral" style AM/FM radio by Thomas. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

Crosley wooden tube radio. c. 1940s. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.

Crosley wooden tube radio. c. 1940s. Photo: Kevin Farkas. May 2022. LBHS History Celebration Weekend Exhibit.