The Evolution of Communication-- Part 1

From a Vaseline ad in the November 26, 2012, Time Magazine.

And, Vaseline is over 140 years old.  A Timeline:

3200 BC--  In the Fertile Crescent, cryptic messages set in stone tablets.

1870s--  The telephone invented

1920s  Initiated in the mid-nineteenth century, telegrams became widespread for communicating right away with far-flung places.

Make Mine a Singing Telegram.  --DaCoot