Curious Communication

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A face mask for outwitting surveillance cameras is shown at a press preview of the exhibition "Curious Communication. Unusual Objects and Stories from the Collection" at the Museum of Communications in Berlin.

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A Marilyn Monroe telephone is seen during a press preview of the exhibition "Curious Communication. Unusual Objects and Stories from the Collection" at the Museum of Communications in Berlin.

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Jürgen Koll's coconut post is shown at a press preview of the exhibition "Curious Communication. Unusual Objects and Stories from the Collection" at the Museum of Communications in Berlin. Koll commissioned the postal administration of the South Sea island of Tonga to send a coconut to Germany as a coming-of-age congratulation for his daughter.

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A mirror screw with 90 lines (replica), on which a form of mechanical television was based, is seen during a press preview of the exhibition "Curious Communication. Unusual Objects and Stories from the Collection" at the Museum of Communications in Berlin.

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Various telephones are on display at a press preview of the exhibition "Curious Communication. Unusual Objects and Stories from the Collection" at the Museum of Communications in Berlin.

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Fabian Lenczewski, Co-Curator, Museum of Communications Frankfurt am Main, presents a radio in a nutshell during a press preview of the exhibition "Curious Communication. Unusual Objects and Stories from the Collection" at the Museum of Communications in Berlin, a radio in a nutshell.