Those mysterious tubes in old house walls were often speaking tubes, an early room-to-room communication system.
Popular in larger homes from the late 1800s to early 1900s, they carried voices without electricity.
Some even had whistles to signal someone at the other end before starting a conversation.
They became obsolete as telephones and electric intercoms replaced them…See below
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