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Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone
Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone, or, The Picture That Saved A Fortune, is Volume 17 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Plot summary.
Tom and his father are arguing about Tom's latest idea, a photo telephone. Mr. Swift is adamant that the idea will not work, but Tom has some ideas in mind, and refuses to back down. Tom read about a recent news event where a photograph was transmitted over telegraph lines
now considered commonplace. "Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers" (1911) was based on Charles Parsons's attempts to synthesize diamonds using electric current. "Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone" was published in 1912. Sending photographs by telephone was not fully developed until 1925. "Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera" (1912) features a portable movie camera, not invented until 1923. "Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive" (1922) was published two years before the Central Railroad of New Jersey began using the