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Pictographs Drawn While We Talk on the Telephone
A Cedar Rapids survey shows professionals scribbling pictographs during calls. Eliza Hickok profiles varied patterns from geometry shapes to birds, crosses, and poems, naming notable figures like Horace Hedges and architect Mark Anthony, who sketches a castle tower as his trademark while taking notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Hickok
Mr. Smith
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander
Cedar Rapids
William S. Catlow
Roosevelt Hotel
Arthur A. Brooks
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Joyce Kilmer
Mr. Anthony
Mr. Stubbs
Stubbs
Arthur Poe
Morris Sanford
M. H. Morrison
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Mr. Morrison
Dr. Beardsley
Mr. Killian
Mr. Stubb
Professor Newell