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Cowlitz Museum: The Gadget Tower (museum exhibit) [1]
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Date: 2025-03-24
The Cowlitz County Historical Museum in Kelso, Washington, has an exhibit—The Gadget Tower—which includes many important inventions.
According to the Museum:
“Like the rest of the world, Cowlitz County experienced incredible developments in technology during the late-19th and 20th centuries. Our gadget tower represents the many advancements of the past 100+ years.”
Shown above is a 1902 telephone switchboard.
Shown above is a telephone switchboard.
Shown above is a 1970s slide projector.
Shown above is a 1901 wall telephone.
Another view of the wall telephone.
Shown above is a 1910 typewriter.
Shown above is a 1920s telephone.
Shown above is a 1937 Zenith radio.
Shown above is a 1900 telegraph key.
Shown above is a 1920s-1930s Marchant calculator.
Shown above is an Admiral radio.
Shown above is an 1895 stereoscope viewer.
Shown above is a 1974 pocket calculator.
Shown above is a radio.
Shown above is a record player.
Note: These photographs were taken on October 19, 2024.
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