Post 2: The Telephone Museum

After visiting the Frank H. Woods Telephone Museum, I realized how much technology has changed in just the last century. Think about something, how many phones in your house are cordless? Do you even own a regular phone from a decade ago? Maybe you are one of the people who do not even have a landline anymore. All you have is your cellular telephone. Now think about cellular phones, how many different sizes and features have companies created in just the last few years? The advancement of technology is mind blowing! When the telephone was first invented, it was just the corkboard. When I saw this display in the museum, it reminded me of Morse code transmitters. It took up a whole desk just to talk to someone else. It probably weighed at least a good fifteen pounds, too. They went from a heavy drop down transmitter to the coin-operated phone booths to desk vanities to the landline phones we have now. And in addition to cordless phones today, we also have Bluetooth and hands-free cellular phones. It is just so remarkable how often the technology has increased over time. They also had Frank H. Woods’ actual desk and chair that he used in his office. It was cool seeing the replica of his office. The museum staff were also very friendly, and offered to answer any questions we had. My favorite part of the museum was when they had all the different varieties of telephones. They had numerous solid colors. They had a see-through phone where you can see how everything inside is connected to make it work; I actually had one of those phones when I was little in my house. I thought it was the coolest thing back then. They also had fun character themed phones like Snoopy and Gumby. They even had a teddy bear one that moved its mouth when the person you were talking too would talk back to you. I actually thought that one was kind of creepy.