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10 Obsolete items and when they were invented

By NateWest9

  • alarm clocks

    alarm clocks
    The first American alarm clock was created by Levi Hutchins, of New Hampshire, in 1787. This device he made only for himself however, and it only rang at 4 AM, in order to wake him for his job.

  • Fax machines

    Fax machines
    The first fax machine was created in 1843 by Alexander Bain.

  • Type writter

    Type writter
    the breakthrough came in 1867 when Soule invented their first typewriter.

  • first phone

    first phone
    Antonio Meucci is credited with inventing the first basic phone in 1894. Frenchman Charles Bourseul devised a phone in 1854. Alexander Graham Bell won the first U.S patent for the device in 1876. So the first phone was created in 1876

  • phone book

    phone book
    The first telephone directory, consisting of a single piece of cardboard, was issued on 21 February 1878 it listed 50 individuals, businesses, and other offices in New Haven, Connecticut that had telephones. The first British telephone directory was published on 15 January 1880 by The Telephone Company.

  • Pay phones

    Pay phones
    William Gray is credited with inventing the coin payphone in the United States in 1889

  • Pager

    Pager
    In 1921, the first pager-like system was in use by the Detroit Police Department

  • Polaroid camera

    Polaroid camera
    This camera was created in 1947, this camera introduces the instant camera

  • Block busters

    Block busters
    Block busters was founded on October 19th 1985 in Dallas, Texas, united states. you could rent movies or video games but now a day people have Netflix and on demand so nobody using block bust any more.

  • Game boys

    Game boys
    The Game Boy is an 8-bit handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo.