By merely plugging the head telephone in the wall above the bed, each bedridden soldier in Walter Reed Hospital is provided with radio entertainment. A Central radio system in the basement of this hospital feeds 900 head telephones scattered throughout the building
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- 1924
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- Harris & Ewing
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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"By merely plugging the head telephone in the wall above the bed, each bedridden soldier in Walter Reed Hospital is provided with radio entertainment. A Central radio system in the basement of this hospital feeds 900 head telephones scattered throughout the building" (1924). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:By_merely_plugging_the_head_telephone_in_the_wall_above_the_bed,_each_bedridden_soldier_in_Walter_Reed_Hospital_is_provided_with_radio_entertainment._A_Central_radio_system_in_the_basement_LCCN2016887401.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 273977.
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