Hush-A-Phone

AT&T discovered the Hush-A-Phone after it had been on the market for many years. They convinced the FCC to ban the device, as they had with many others, but the courts overturned the ban in 1956.

     

The Hush-A-Phone ad and more on telephone history may be found at sandman.com.

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