Downton Abbey is a television series that explores life in England in the early 1900s, the same time period of Mr. Deering’s winter estate here in Miami. Touch the image above to watch a video clip featuring Downton Abbey’s new telephone in 1918.

The telephone was a new technology. The Dowager Countess is not sure it’s useful.

How long did it take you to learn how to use your mobile phone?

They weren’t just new in Miami…