2-634-887 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

In the Electrophone Salon, Gerrard Street, London, c1903 (1903). The Electrophone system operated in the United Kingdom between 1895 and 1926, as a subscription to live theatre shows and church sermons. The user asked the telephone operator to connect them to the Electrophone line to receive broadcasts. Live opera was broadcast from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. From Living London, Vol. III, by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1903]