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1993

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1997

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Big Button Deluxe Telephone

This is a telephone. It was firm: Henry Dreyfuss Associates. It is dated 1993 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is plastic. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Henry Dreyfuss Associates. It is credited Gift of Henry Dreyfuss Associates.

Its dimensions are

7.5 x 18.8 x 21.5 cm (2 15/16 x 7 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Big Button Deluxe Telephone; Firm: Henry Dreyfuss Associates (United States); USA; plastic; 7.5 x 18.8 x 21.5 cm (2 15/16 x 7 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.); Gift of Henry Dreyfuss Associates; 1997-178-1

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