The wall mounted wooden phone on the left is the one I grew up with in rural Minnesota
My first paying job (75 cents an hour!) was operating the college PBX switchboard after business hours. It was like the one on the right, but smaller. I also operated the PBX at a general hospital in Fargo, ND when I was 18, and was the graveyard admitting clerk, 11 PM to 7 AM.
The Enigma was the devilishly clever coding device used by the Germans in WW II. Alan Turing, a Brit, cracked the code and in doing so, shortened the war and saved thousands of lives. Sad end for a hero: Turing was prosecuted for being gay and committed suicide.
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