While attending the 2013 Old West Fest Steampunk Weekend in Ohio this past Sunday,

I entered my Victorian era Mobile Phone in the Inventors Contraption Contest

and won Best of Show.

Best Oddity - Dr. Robert

Best of Show - Sam Sprocket

Best Weapon - Mr. Tesla

The Victorian era Mobile Phone was invented by Professor J. Phineas Bullock (only because someone had written their name, Bullock, on the straps in permanent marker when I purchased them from Goodwill) in 1878 and has the canvas backpack straps for mobility, the antenna for reception...it's a mobile phone. It operates off of Aether crystals but the good Professor was off traveling in time and I had no way of contacting him to find out just how to charge the crystals so that I could demonstrate just how it works.
......and the rest is history.