2007-04-25 13:48:23 · 4 answers · asked by Go Pistons 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Telephones, walkie-talkies, telegraph devices, wire services, very expensive, crude and large wire photo machines. (They were precursors of fax machines.) radios, televisions, short wave radios, pencils and pens (and paper) semaphores, coded lights and mirrors.
2007-04-25 14:54:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Television. Radio. Telephone. Telegram. Mail.
2007-04-25 13:56:11 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Telephones (land-based, wired). Mail. I used to have pen-pals. I could send a one-sheet air-letter by mail for 15 cents to Europe or 25 cents to Asia. That was a lot of money, but it was cheaper than sending letters in envelopes. In envelopes, it was valued by the 1/2-ounce. It was hard to call distant cities. I picked up the telephone, waited for the operator to answer, "Number plea-ahs?" Then I said, "Long distance?" She asked, "What city?" I replied, "Chicago?" She asked, "What numbah?" "Superior ny-unn fy-uv eight," I said. "Moment, plea-ahs," she replied. And in the next few moments, I was connected.
2007-04-25 14:03:55 · answer #3 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duh.... it was called a telephone.
2007-04-25 13:51:57 · answer #4 · answered by txguy8800 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋