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1880 Gower Bell Telephone
This set was the first type of telephone used in Spain, Japan, England and
other countries in Europe. It replaced the Morse Telegraph and preceded the
hand-cranked magneto type telephone. This particular set was donated by the
Post Office Telecommunications Museum in London, England to the Bell
Telephone Museum in Portland, Oregon.
After the dissolving of the Portland Museum it was transferred to the
basement of a Bell Telephone building in Eugene, Oregon where it was found
years later by its present owner.