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01. Nov. 2005

Now the 10-ore [Penny] Dropped

The 10-ore coin does not exist anymore, but used colloquially it has celebrated its 100th anniversary long ago together with the slot telephone which made it drop. The apparatus can be seen in Post & Tele Museum's exhibition "Hello? Humorous glimpses from the Infancy of the Telephone" until 15th January 2006. 

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01. Sep. 2005

The Telephone Kiosk - and the Popular Breakthrough of the Telephone

Only few people were using the telephone during its first decades. But public telephones changed the situation.
 

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01. Sep. 2005

There is Something in the Air

In the late summer of 1912, more precisely the 19th September at 10.20 a.m., Copenhagen is in a whirl of excitement. In the horizon an amazing sight is emerging: Floating through the air the enormous Zeppelin called Hansa approaches the capital. It is the world's first passenger flight by an airship. The Copenhageners are witnessing a world event.
 

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01. Sep. 2005

State of War in Odense

Telephony

60 years ago Denmark was liberated from the German occupying power. The 5th of May 1945 was a day of rejoicing for most people, but for Fyns Kommunale Telefonselskab [Municipal Telephone Company of the Island of Funen] it was a sad day.
 

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01. Mar. 2005

Mouth Gagged, Hands Tied … - a gripping story

Broadcasting, Post, Telephony

The period of occupation has got a grip on all of us. Even those of us who are too young to have experienced the years 1940-1945. Fascinated and breathless we are listening to the people who experierenced the German occupation. 
 

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01. Mar. 2005

Stories from Everyday Life in Time of War

Broadcasting, Post, Telegraphy, Telephony

The occupation was characterized by scarcity of materials and rationing. It was an essential to economize on everything, from paper and rubber to petrol and copper. Everyday life for the 25,000 employees of the Post and Telegraph Service and the telephone companies was full of impediments and problems.
 

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01. Mar. 2005

Telephone Troubles

Telephony

The telephone emerged in Denmark in 1879 only three years after its invention by Alexander Graham Bell as merely one of the countless technical gadgets swarming out in that era. But as everybody knows, new techniques bring about new problems.
 

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