Dennis Hayes
Dennis Hayes
Modem inventor
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Harold Stephen Black
Harold Stephen Black
Invented the negative feedback amplifier
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Kid on phone
Kid on phone
1907
American Electric Pencil Shaft
American Electric Pencil Shaft
1896
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Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr
Actress and wireless telephony innovator
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Manhattan Electrical Supply Co. rope shaft desk set
Manhattan Electrical Supply Co. rope shaft desk set
1899
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Early Years of the Bell Telephone System (Tosiello Dissertation)
Early Years of the Bell Telephone System (Tosiello Dissertation)
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Early French S.I.T. Phone
Early French S.I.T. Phone
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AT&T Annual Report, 1940
AT&T Annual Report, 1940
1940
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American Electric 1920s Catalog
American Electric 1920s Catalog
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Monarch 1917 catalog
Monarch 1917 catalog
1917
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AT&T Annual Report, 1981
AT&T Annual Report, 1981
1981
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James Stewart and Ned Sparks
James Stewart and Ned Sparks
1947
Connecticut Telephone Pencil Shaft Desk Set
Connecticut Telephone Pencil Shaft Desk Set
1900
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Modern Telephones
Modern Telephones
1968
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Andrae c1915 Giant Telephones
Andrae c1915 Giant Telephones
1915
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National Bell Wall Phone
National Bell Wall Phone
1879
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Call director
Western Electric ad
1960
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Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside
Transmission innovator (inductive loading)
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Schmoo phone
Western Electric ad
1961
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Harry Nyquist
Harry Nyquist
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Telequest Grand Prix Phone
Telequest Grand Prix Phone
1984
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Gardiner Greene Hubbard
Gardiner Greene Hubbard
Godfather of the Bell System
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Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
Bell promoter (and Hubbard's wife)
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Harry Fuld
Harry Fuld
German telephone entrepreneur
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First New York to Chicago phone call
First New York to Chicago phone call
1892
John Draper
John Draper
Famous phone phreak (aka 'Captain Crunch')
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AT&T Annual Report, 1973
AT&T Annual Report, 1973
1973
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Girl on phone
Girl on phone
1909
British Western Electric tapered shaft "golf ball" desk stand
British Western Electric tapered shaft "golf ball" desk stand
1905
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Western Electric No. 20-B straight shaft with "hershey kiss" transmitter mount
Western Electric No. 20-B straight shaft with "hershey kiss" transmitter mount
1902
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Keith Haring Pop Shop Siemens 611 Wall Phone
Keith Haring Pop Shop Siemens 611 Wall Phone
1988
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Couch & Seeley No. 97 potbelly desk set
Couch & Seeley No. 97 potbelly desk set
1899
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How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1971
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WESCO Supply Co. desk set
WESCO Supply Co. desk set
1905
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Robert Woodrow Wilson
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Cosmic radiation co-discoverer
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Carterphone
Carterphone
1959
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Charles K. Kao
Charles K. Kao
Fiber optics and laser innovator
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Early American Bell Potbelly Candlestick
Early American Bell Potbelly Candlestick
1892
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Croma Telephone
Croma Telephone
1976
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Ericsson 1902 catalog
Ericsson 1902 catalog
1902
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Reginald Fessenden
Reginald Fessenden
Wireless telegraph (radio) innovator
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Richard H. Frenkiel
Richard H. Frenkiel
Cellular telephony innovator
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Ericofon
L.M. Ericsson ad
1959
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Tønsberg Telefonforening telephone
Tønsberg Telefonforening telephone
1920
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Walter Brattain
Walter Brattain
Transistor co-inventor
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Machine Switching Service
Machine Switching Service
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Kellogg 1926 Catalog
Kellogg 1926 Catalog
1926
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AT&T Annual Report, 1934
AT&T Annual Report, 1934
1934
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George Coy / Connecticut District Tel.
Bell Telephone ad
1877
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Western Electric
Western Electric ad
1915
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J. P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan
AT&T financier and banker
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Select-O-Phone intercom system brochure
Select-O-Phone intercom system brochure
1920
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Rudolf Kompfner
Rudolf Kompfner
Wave transmission and amplification innovator
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Otto Julius Zobel
Otto Julius Zobel
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AT&T Annual Report, 1918
AT&T Annual Report, 1918
1918
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Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
1891
Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Kellogg 1916 PBX Switchboards catalog
Kellogg 1916 PBX Switchboards catalog
1916
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AT&T Annual Report, 1900
AT&T Annual Report, 1900
1900
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Clark's Bell Call String Telephone
Clark's Bell Call String Telephone
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Amos E. Joel Jr.
Amos E. Joel Jr.
Electronic switching and cellular innovator
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'The multiplication of you'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1933
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Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
1915
Lighted dial
Western Electric ad
1955
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Irving Penn photo
Irving Penn photo
1949
Early Princess
AT&T / Bell System ad
1959
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Erna Schneider Hoover
Erna Schneider Hoover
Computerized telephone switching innovator
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AE 1939 Private Telephone Systems catalog
AE 1939 Private Telephone Systems catalog
1939
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Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1980
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Monarch Candlestick
Monarch Telephone ad
1921
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William Orton
William Orton
Western Union President
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1884 The Long Distance Telephone Co.
1884 The Long Distance Telephone Co.
1884
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Emma Nutt
Emma Nutt
First female telephone operator
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George Clark Southworth
George Clark Southworth
Waveguide developer and radio engineer
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AT&T Annual Report, 1917
AT&T Annual Report, 1917
1917
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1885
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1885
1885
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North 1915 Magneto Telephones Bulletin
North 1915 Magneto Telephones Bulletin
1915
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Hitchcock movie promo pic
Hitchcock movie promo pic
1954
Kellogg
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1922
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Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1982
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WE 20T Intercom Candlestick
WE 20T Intercom Candlestick
1904
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Manhattan Electrical Supply Rope Shaft Candlestick
Manhattan Electrical Supply Rope Shaft Candlestick
1898
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Connecticut Telephone potbelly desk set with single button
Connecticut Telephone potbelly desk set with single button
1899
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WE 302 pushbutton prototype
WE 302 pushbutton prototype
1953
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John Renshaw Carson
John Renshaw Carson
AT&T transmission engineering leader
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Kellogg 1943 Wartime Rebuilding Catalog
Kellogg 1943 Wartime Rebuilding Catalog
1943
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Manfred R. Schroeder
Manfred R. Schroeder
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National Telephone
National Telephone Mfg. Co. ad
1895
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Ericsson intercom phone
Ericsson intercom phone
1900
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"Hello"
"Hello"
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
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AT&T Annual Report, 1943
AT&T Annual Report, 1943
1943
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Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
1965
Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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Thomas A. Watson
Thomas A. Watson
Bell collaborator and co-founder
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AE 34 color brochure
Automatic Electric ad
1934
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Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
1974
Kellogg Select-O-Phone ad
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1947
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Harold H. Greene
Harold H. Greene
Judge who oversaw AT&T's breakup
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Martin Cooper
Martin Cooper
Cellular telephony inventor
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Kellogg receiver ad
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1902
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Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
1970
Sergei Alexander Schelkunoff
Sergei Alexander Schelkunoff
Bell Labs waveguide propagation researcher
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Julius Andrae & Sons Co. Straight Shaft Desk Set
Julius Andrae & Sons Co. Straight Shaft Desk Set
1905
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Leich Electric Co. straight shaft desk set with "Wonderphone" transmitter
Leich Electric Co. straight shaft desk set with "Wonderphone" transmitter
1910
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'Sally doesnt solder anymore'
Western Electric ad
1953
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Western Telephone Construction Co. straight shaft desk set
Western Telephone Construction Co. straight shaft desk set
1900
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Calling on German payphone
Calling on German payphone
1957
Siemens and Halske Fg tist 269b with charge counter
Siemens and Halske Fg tist 269b with charge counter
1955
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Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
1973
Robert Metcalfe
Robert Metcalfe
Ethernet Co-inventor
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Early telephone innovator
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Phone Mate 930
Phonemate Inc. ad
1979
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Bill Blass in a phone booth
Bill Blass in a phone booth
1971
Moses Greeley Parker
Moses Greeley Parker
Early Bell investor, had idea for phone numbers
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Western Electric No. 9 Potbelly
Western Electric No. 9 Potbelly
1897
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Ordinary Bell telephone
Ordinary Bell telephone
1880
B-R Electric tapered shaft desk set
B-R Electric tapered shaft desk set
1901
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Trimline wall
AT&T / Bell System ad
1967
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Early French Phone Maison Breguet
Early French Phone Maison Breguet
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'Never needs repair'
Western Electric ad
1963
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Holtzer-Cabot potbelly made for the Rawson Electric Company
Holtzer-Cabot potbelly made for the Rawson Electric Company
1900
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Mervin Kelly
Mervin Kelly
Vacuum tube innovator and solid-state team builder
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1982 Famous Phones Pacific Northwest Bell
1982 Famous Phones Pacific Northwest Bell
1982
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Tivadar Puskás
Tivadar Puskás
Telephone exchange designer
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Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon
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Farr Telephone Magazine
Farr Telephone ad
1905
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Couch and Seeley Potbelly
Couch and Seeley Potbelly
1903
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Night rates to Europe
AT&T / Bell System ad
1935
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National Telephone Mfg. Co. Pencil Shaft
National Telephone Mfg. Co. Pencil Shaft
1895
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Alec Reeves
Alec Reeves
Pulse code modulation inventor
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Ackerman-Boland No. 172 Desk Telephone Plug System
Ackerman-Boland No. 172 Desk Telephone Plug System
1901
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Bell and Watson stage public exhibitions of the telephone
Gray Type 641C five-slot pay phone
Gray Type 641C five-slot pay phone
1897
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Donald Genaro
Donald Genaro
Industrial designer
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Long Distance Rate Reductions
AT&T / Bell System ad
1937
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Picturephone
Western Electric ad
1970
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Harry Truman
Harry Truman
1945
WE 20AL Candlestick
WE 20AL Candlestick
1904
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Antonio Meucci
Antonio Meucci
Early telephone innovator
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Public Telephone Instruction Card Manual Bell System
Public Telephone Instruction Card Manual Bell System
1980
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AT&T Annual Report 1965
AT&T Annual Report 1965
1965
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Werner von Siemens
Werner von Siemens
Siemens founder
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GPO Telephone Service, Explained
GPO Telephone Service, Explained
1961
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Viaduct Ad December
Viaduct Manufacturing ad
1898
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Taft learning he's been nominated for president
Taft learning he's been nominated for president
1908
'Dont blame us, blame the war'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1942
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Robert W. Lucky
Robert W. Lucky
Invented the adaptive equalizer
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Stan Laurel promo pic
Stan Laurel promo pic
1928
Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan
Unix and C co-developer
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Kellogg 1908 Intercoms Catalog
Kellogg 1908 Intercoms Catalog
1908
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Clark Candlestick Switchboard Telephone
Clark Candlestick Switchboard Telephone
1893
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Frank B. Jewett
Frank B. Jewett
Radio telephony pioneer
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Krone Compact 1000
Krone ad
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Conference Telephone Service
AT&T / Bell System ad
1939
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Telephones for Businesses
Telephones for Businesses
1976
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1971
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Stromberg fiddleback with shield coin collector
Stromberg fiddleback with shield coin collector
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The Bell System
The Bell System
1933
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TW Ness 1893 Catalog
TW Ness 1893 Catalog
1893
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Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
1954
Garford Ad From Telephony
Rotary Dial Trimline
Rotary Dial Trimline
1964
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AT&T Annual Report 1957
AT&T Annual Report 1957
1957
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Bell Labs prototype wall phone
Bell Labs prototype wall phone
1940
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Western Electric nickel plated model No. 20-MC
Western Electric nickel plated model No. 20-MC
1904
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Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone inventor and patent holder
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Ericsson 'special protection' industrial phone
Ericsson 'special protection' industrial phone
1910
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AT&T Annual Report 1962
AT&T Annual Report 1962
1962
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Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1979
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Kellogg Telephone Facts 1916
Kellogg Telephone Facts 1916
1916
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Chicago Telephone Supply Co. potbelly desk set
Chicago Telephone Supply Co. potbelly desk set
1898
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'Call by number'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1929
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GPO Office Telephone
GPO Office Telephone
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Western Electric 1882 Telegraph catalog
Western Electric 1882 Telegraph catalog
1882
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Julius Andrae & Sons Co. No. 7 desk stand
Julius Andrae & Sons Co. No. 7 desk stand
1903
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Hotel intercom with watchcase receiver
Hotel intercom with watchcase receiver
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Stromberg Carlson 1894 Coffee Grinder
Stromberg Carlson 1894 Coffee Grinder
1894
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John J. Carty
John J. Carty
AT&T Chief Engineer
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Ericsson 1935 catalog (German)
Ericsson 1935 catalog (German)
1935
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C.1920 Gray Telephone Pay Station Co Hartford CT
C.1920 Gray Telephone Pay Station Co Hartford CT
1920
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Loeffler Phone Co. 9 button desk set
Loeffler Phone Co. 9 button desk set
1910
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AE 21 Wall Phone
AE 21 Wall Phone
1922
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Testing new colors
Western Electric ad
1954
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Phoenix Electric Rope Shaft Desk Set
Phoenix Electric Rope Shaft Desk Set
1898
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French engraving with early Bell phones
French engraving with early Bell phones
1880
First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
1946
New public phones
AT&T / Bell System ad
1960
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Kermit The Frog Phone
Kermit The Frog Phone
1983
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Ericsson wooden candlestick
Ericsson wooden candlestick
1895
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George Stibitz
George Stibitz
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Dictograph intercom
Dictograph Products ad
1944
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The Telephone In America
The Telephone In America
1936
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Chinese Zitan wood telephone
Chinese Zitan wood telephone
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Willard Boyle
Willard Boyle
Charge coupled device inventor
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Mickey Autophone
Mickey Autophone
1910
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Kellogg 925
Kellogg 925
1930
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Standard Telephone Rope Shaft
Standard Telephone Rope Shaft
1896
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Thomas B. Doolittle
Thomas B. Doolittle
Telephone and copper wire innovator
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Mihajlo Pupin
Mihajlo Pupin
Loading coil inventor
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Modell Maingau brochure
Modell Maingau brochure
1935
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Arno Allan Penzias
Arno Allan Penzias
Cosmic radiation co-discoverer
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Johann Philipp Reis
Johann Philipp Reis
Reis telephone developer
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Minitel Videotex Terminal Specification
Minitel Videotex Terminal Specification
1984
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Ericsson Diavox Brochure
Ericsson Diavox Brochure
1981
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Western Union Annual Report 1869
Western Union Annual Report 1869
1869
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Rural Telephone Lines And How To Build Them
Rural Telephone Lines And How To Build Them
1900
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Schmidt & Bruckner Electric Company fluted pencil shaft
Schmidt & Bruckner Electric Company fluted pencil shaft
1899
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AT&T Annual Report, 1980
AT&T Annual Report, 1980
1980
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AT&T Annual Report, 1904
AT&T Annual Report, 1904
1904
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Official AT&T Olympics Phone
Official AT&T Olympics Phone
1984
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Strowger (Automatic Electric Co.) 11 digit potbelly desk set
Strowger (Automatic Electric Co.) 11 digit potbelly desk set
1906
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Ring Ring album cover
Ring Ring album cover
1973
Theodore Vail
Theodore Vail
Built the AT&T monopoly
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Ericsson Unifon
Ericsson Unifon
1944
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George May Phelps
George May Phelps
Telegraph and telephone innovator
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AT&T Annual Report 1960
AT&T Annual Report 1960
1960
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John Tukey
John Tukey
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Early Ericsson Skeleton Telephone
Early Ericsson Skeleton Telephone
1890
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Century Telephone tapered shaft, "split shaft"
Century Telephone tapered shaft, "split shaft"
1902
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Dictograph intercom substation
Dictograph intercom substation
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AT&T corporate image
AT&T / Bell System ad
1966
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WE 5302
WE 5302
1955
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Phonemate Remote 930 ad
Phonemate Inc. ad
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Phone Thing
AT&T / Bell System ad
1977
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Ericofoon PTT Sale
L.M. Ericsson ad
1968
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The Romantic (Phone) Collection
The Romantic (Phone) Collection
1983
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Leich Electric Co. UECO Straight Shaft Desk Set
Leich Electric Co. UECO Straight Shaft Desk Set
1908
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Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
1941
Max Mathews
Max Mathews
Bell Labs computer music pioneer
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AE 1949 Monophones catalog
AE 1949 Monophones catalog
1949
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Sallie Pero Mead
Sallie Pero Mead
Mathematician and wireless innovator
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Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
1953
Kellogg
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1902
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Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie
UNIX co-creator
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He is calling you
AT&T / Bell System ad
1932
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C&P Telephone postwar recruiting ad
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1947
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Chisholm & Dunn Telephone Appliances Ltd. Desk Set
Chisholm & Dunn Telephone Appliances Ltd. Desk Set
1910
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Submarine cable
Western Electric ad
1930
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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Century Desk Set
National Telephone 1894 Swing Mount Pencil Shaft
National Telephone 1894 Swing Mount Pencil Shaft
1894
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Charles H. Townes
Charles H. Townes
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Bavarian Wall Telephone by Wetzer
Bavarian Wall Telephone by Wetzer
1900
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AT&T Picturephone Mod II
AT&T Picturephone Mod II
1970
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Natalie Wood on the phone
Natalie Wood on the phone
1960
Ericsson 1934 catalog (3)
Ericsson 1934 catalog (3)
1934
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Henry Dreyfuss
Henry Dreyfuss
Industrial designer
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Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
1942
Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co. No. 20 "knurled nut" split shaft desk set
Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co. No. 20 "knurled nut" split shaft desk set
1907
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Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
Alexander Graham Bell's wife
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Hipwell Telephone
1958 Key Equipment Brochure
1958 Key Equipment Brochure
1958
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Couch and Seeley Fiddleback
Couch and Seeley Fiddleback
1900
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'All the busy executives'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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Pacific Telephone
Pacific Telephone ad
1911
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NE Tel 3-Box with (possibly repro) Blake Transmitter
NE Tel 3-Box with (possibly repro) Blake Transmitter
1882
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AT&T long distance advertising (pocket map cover)
AT&T / Bell System ad
1898
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Ericsson 1931 catalog
Ericsson 1931 catalog
1931
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Bettie Page
Bettie Page
1954
Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
1974
Helen Repa
Helen Repa
Western Electric hero during the Eastland disaster
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1881 ad in Boston phone directory
Charles Williams Jr. Shop ad
1881
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William Hathaway Forbes
William Hathaway Forbes
Bell early investor and President
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AE 1957 catalog
AE 1957 catalog
1957
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Western Electric Montgomery Works brochure
Western Electric Montgomery Works brochure
1980
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Autovon 'Panel' telephone
Autovon 'Panel' telephone
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Simplex Fernsprecher brochure
Simplex Fernsprecher brochure
1936
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Strowger 'Tele-Chec' seating control phone system
Strowger 'Tele-Chec' seating control phone system
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Automatic Electric Two Box
Automatic Electric Two Box
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Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
1963
Early AE Potbelly Candlestick With Strowger Dial
Early AE Potbelly Candlestick With Strowger Dial
1901
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Hilda Ericsson
Hilda Ericsson
Swedish entrepreneur
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Lee de Forest
Lee de Forest
Vacuum tube inventor
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Automatic Direct Line 5-Button Desk Set
Automatic Direct Line 5-Button Desk Set
1905
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William Shockley
William Shockley
Transistor co-inventor
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Small French telephone exchange
Small French telephone exchange
1926
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Craig McCaw
Craig McCaw
Cellular telephone entrepreneur
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AT&T Annual Report, 1908
AT&T Annual Report, 1908
1908
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Francis Blake
Francis Blake
Telephone transmitter inventor
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233G Three-Slot Payphone
233G Three-Slot Payphone
1948
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Emile Berliner
Emile Berliner
Telephone transmitter innovator
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Vint Cerf
Vint Cerf
TCP/IP co-developer, 'father of the Internet'
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J. Wich "Lyre" desk top telephone (French)
J. Wich "Lyre" desk top telephone (French)
1905
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Gerald Pearson
Gerald Pearson
Solar cell co-inventor
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Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
1912
Ericofon
L.M. Ericsson ad
1965
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Stromberg-Carlson 1901 Catalog
Stromberg-Carlson 1901 Catalog
1901
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Valdemar Poulsen
Valdemar Poulsen
Developed magnetic recording and radio transmission technology
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'Inside the phone'
Western Electric ad
1955
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Wilhelm Telephone Mfg. Co. Model No. 16 bronze desk set
Wilhelm Telephone Mfg. Co. Model No. 16 bronze desk set
1913
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