The image is a photograph of a piece of paper with text written on it. The text reads "The first telephone (called the "Gallows" due to its gallows-like shape) 1875. This is a model of Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone through which human speech, though unintelligible, was first electrically transmitted on June 2, 1875, the instrument was both the transmitter and receiver. The patent on the "Gallow's" was issued on March 7, 1876. Patent No. 174,465 was issued.