An Admiral Chester Nimitz naval phone

Dictograph, 1930s

An intercom telephone used by then-Captain Chester W. Nimitz, 1935-1938, Circuit No. 1109; sold together with a U.S. Senate Speaker and microphone in use between 1972-1994. (2).

H: 8 1/2, W: 8 7/8, D: 6 1/2 in. (phone)(H: 21.59, W: 22.54, D: 16.51 cm.)

Estate of Jud Samon, retired coordinator of International Faculty and Student Services at the University of Maryland at College Park.

Phone with abrasions and chipping to wood; wire to verso has been cut. Speaker with abrasions and chipping to wood.

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