Popular Electronics
Issue: Dec, 1958
Posted in: Communications
Posted: 06/09/2006
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Plastic Bubble Phone Booth (Dec, 1958)


The phone booth of the future, designed by Bell Telephone Laboratories, will have a plastic bubble dome for maximum visibility. It will be installed in an indoor area, such as a railway concourse.

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2 comments
  1. Stannous says: June 9, 20062:05 pm

    uh-oh, what’s Clark Kent going to do?

  2. textually.org says: June 12, 200612:30 pm

    Plastic Bubble Phone Booth…

    A blast from the past from Popular Electronics – 12-1958. The phone booth of the future designed by Bell Telephone Laboratories, will have a plastic bubble dome for maximum visibility. It will be installed in an indoor area, such as a railway concourse…

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