Ten examples of historical telephone design. A thematic selection, not a ranking of call quality. All visuals are licensed photographs. File:Strowger Automatic dial candlestick telephone, 1905 - Telephone Museum - Waltham, Massachusetts - DSC08249.jpg: Daderot; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strowger_Automatic_dial_candlestick_telephone,_1905_-_Telephone_Museum_-_Waltham,_Massachusetts_-_DSC08249.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Ericsson Taxen (2).jpg: Holger Ellgaard; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ericsson_Taxen_(2).jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Western Electric 302, dated 3-30-1951 - Telephone Museum - Waltham, Massachusetts - DSC08100.jpg: Daderot; CC0; http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Western_Electric_302,_dated_3-30-1951_-_Telephone_Museum_-_Waltham,_Massachusetts_-_DSC08100.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:WE500dialphone.jpg: ProhibitOnions at English Wikipedia; Public domain; ; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WE500dialphone.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Western Electric Company Princess phones.jpg: User:Mcheath; Public domain; ; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Western_Electric_Company_Princess_phones.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Trimline telephone.jpg: KansasCity at English Wikipedia; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trimline_telephone.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:Ericofon 1956 2.jpg: Holger Ellgaard; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ericofon_1956_2.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:GPO 706 Green Telephone.JPG: Deben Dave at English Wikipedia; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GPO_706_Green_Telephone.JPG; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:GPO no. 746 telephone (13392119165).jpg: James Petts from London, England; CC BY-SA 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GPO_no._746_telephone_(13392119165).jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. File:W48 elfenbein.jpg: Frank Murmann; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W48_elfenbein.jpg; Scaled and letterboxed without cropping. Adaptation: CC BY-SA 4.0. Original photographs retain their stated licenses. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/