Telephone
Long before smartphones were linked to loneliness, the telephone promised the opposite. It was advertised as a remedy for loneliness and as a way to bring people and nations closer together.
Clippings
1906
Do You Live on a Ranch?
1906
Loneliness of Farm Wives
1913
Pleasure and Protection
1914
The Long Winter Evenings
1915
A Bell Telephone Banishes Loneliness
1916
Geographical Achievements of the Telephone
1924
Great World Telephone System
1940
The Farm Telephone Banishes Loneliness