100 Objects #19: Western Electric 500 Series

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The Western Electric 500 Series Telephone used to be everywhere.

Western Electric 500 系列电话曾经无处不在。

For over 50 years, it was the default telephone for homes, offices and literally anywhere else you might need a phone…

50 多年来，它一直是家庭、办公室以及任何您可能需要电话的地方的默认电话……

but how did that happen?

但这是怎么发生的呢？

Why was this one phone so much better than everything that came before…

为什么这款手机比之前的所有手机都要好得多……

or, in some ways, since?

或者，在某些方面，从那时起？

Former MythBuster Adam Savage joins Roman Mars to explore the history of the 500 Series Telephone and what we lost when we eventually decided to leave it behind.

前流言终结者 Adam Savage 与 Roman Mars 一起探索 500 系列电话的历史，以及当我们最终决定放弃它时我们失去了什么。

A History of the United States in 100 Objects is a production of 99% Invisible and BBC Studios .

《100 件物品中的美国历史》由 99% Invisible 和 BBC Studios 制作。