1919 Cartoon Depicting the Use of a Pocket Telephone

[roguejuror]

In March 1919, the Daily Mirror newspaper published a cartoon by the English cartoonist and caricaturist, William Kerridge Haselden (1872–1953), predicting the invention – and some of the effects – of the ‘pocket telephone’.

 

[Teela]

Very accurate.

 

[FairWarning]

Similar style art to the Monopoly game cards.

 

[stevek]

owow

 

[Shortstop]

I remember the days of having to find a pay phone to make things happen. Usually a nice hotel would be my go to. Actually kinda nice because no one could bother you unless in person…