Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
1973
Siemens & Halske wall telephone
Siemens & Halske wall telephone
1882
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AT&T Annual Report, 1927
AT&T Annual Report, 1927
1927
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AT&T Annual Report 1968
AT&T Annual Report 1968
1968
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Western Electric No. 9 Potbelly
Western Electric No. 9 Potbelly
1897
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Vint Cerf
Vint Cerf
TCP/IP co-developer, 'father of the Internet'
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Three-Boxer Circa 1880
Three-Boxer Circa 1880
1880
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William Shockley
William Shockley
Transistor co-inventor
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Grillo
Siemens ad
1968
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Bettie Page
Bettie Page
1954
AT&T Annual Report, 1979
AT&T Annual Report, 1979
1979
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Couch and Seeley Fire Alarm Pull Station
Couch and Seeley Fire Alarm Pull Station
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Alec Reeves
Alec Reeves
Pulse code modulation inventor
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Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1979
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Ericsson
L.M. Ericsson ad
1891
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Garl Electric Co. 8 Point Inter-Communicating Desk Set
Garl Electric Co. 8 Point Inter-Communicating Desk Set
1900
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Leich Electric Co. straight shaft desk set
Leich Electric Co. straight shaft desk set
1912
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AE 34 color brochure
Automatic Electric ad
1934
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William Hathaway Forbes
William Hathaway Forbes
Bell early investor and President
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Bell solar battery
AT&T / Bell System ad
1956
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Norwegian Elektrisk Bureau Kristiania Wall Telephone
Norwegian Elektrisk Bureau Kristiania Wall Telephone
1897
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Richard H. Frenkiel
Richard H. Frenkiel
Cellular telephony innovator
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1971
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Viaduct Telephone
Viaduct Manufacturing ad
1895
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Girl on phone
Girl on phone
1909
George Clark Southworth
George Clark Southworth
Waveguide developer and radio engineer
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Bicentennial phone
Bicentennial phone
1976
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Vermont Tel sign
'Elegance for eloquence'
L.M. Ericsson ad
1958
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Edmonstone Company Anders Push-Button Desk Set
Edmonstone Company Anders Push-Button Desk Set
1899
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Sallie Pero Mead
Sallie Pero Mead
Mathematician and wireless innovator
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Siemens and Halske FG tst 264
Siemens and Halske FG tst 264
1948
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C&P Telephone postwar recruiting ad
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1947
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Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
Alexander Graham Bell's wife
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Die Telefone des Herrn Fuld
Die Telefone des Herrn Fuld
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Irving Penn photo
Irving Penn photo
1949
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1890
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1890
1890
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Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
1974
'Never needs repair'
Western Electric ad
1963
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Giles Gilbert Scott
Giles Gilbert Scott
Designer of the UK red telephone kiosk
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WE 1916 Catalog
WE 1916 Catalog
1916
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Doolittle tap bell telephone
Doolittle tap bell telephone
1878
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Western Electric 1908 Catalog
Western Electric 1908 Catalog
1908
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John Tukey
John Tukey
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Stromberg-Carlson ad
Stromberg-Carlson ad
1918
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'Inside the phone'
Western Electric ad
1955
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First New York to Chicago phone call
First New York to Chicago phone call
1892
Krone Ivory W48
Krone Ivory W48
1961
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Bill Blass in a phone booth
Bill Blass in a phone booth
1971
Donald Genaro
Donald Genaro
Industrial designer
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1885
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1885
1885
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Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie
UNIX co-creator
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Kellogg
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1902
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Stromberg-Carlson Grave Marker
Stromberg-Carlson Grave Marker
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Taft learning he's been nominated for president
Taft learning he's been nominated for president
1908
'Its fun to talk by telephone'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1957
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AT&T Annual Report, 1904
AT&T Annual Report, 1904
1904
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Werner von Siemens
Werner von Siemens
Siemens founder
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Choose Your Modern Telephone
Choose Your Modern Telephone
1964
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Heemaf Desk Telephone
Heemaf Desk Telephone
1955
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Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Graham Bell's father and mentor
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Walter Brattain
Walter Brattain
Transistor co-inventor
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Tivadar Puskás
Tivadar Puskás
Telephone exchange designer
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Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton
Western Electric co-founder
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Reginald Fessenden
Reginald Fessenden
Wireless telegraph (radio) innovator
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Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
1965
Bell System
AT&T / Bell System ad
1965
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AT&T Annual Report, 1974
AT&T Annual Report, 1974
1974
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John Bardeen
John Bardeen
Transistor co-inventor
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Kellogg 1923 Catalog
Kellogg 1923 Catalog
1923
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William G. McGowan
William G. McGowan
MCI Founder
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AE 1939 Private Telephone Systems catalog
AE 1939 Private Telephone Systems catalog
1939
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Swedish American Telephone Co. No. 75 Desk Set
Swedish American Telephone Co. No. 75 Desk Set
1912
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"Hello"
"Hello"
From The Far Corners of the Earth
From The Far Corners of the Earth
1939
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Allen-Hussey
Allen-Hussey Co. ad
1898
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Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
1963
Felipe Jesus Consalvos cigar box collage telephone
Felipe Jesus Consalvos cigar box collage telephone
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Amos Dolbear
Amos Dolbear
'Talking telegraph' developer
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AT&T Annual Report, 1946
AT&T Annual Report, 1946
1946
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Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
1912
Miss Piggy's telephone
Miss Piggy's telephone
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Early French Baroque Phone
Early French Baroque Phone
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Kellogg 1915 Switchboards catalog
Kellogg 1915 Switchboards catalog
1915
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Western Electric Cherry Vanity Telephone
Western Electric Cherry Vanity Telephone
1892
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Century Telephone desk set
Century Telephone desk set
1910
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1894
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1894
1894
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AT&T Annual Report, 1926
AT&T Annual Report, 1926
1926
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WE 1922 Railroad Telephone catalog
WE 1922 Railroad Telephone catalog
1922
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Ad for 'Tomorrows Telephones'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1959
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The Ireland Phone
The Ireland Phone
1991
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Automatic Electric Strowger "sunburst" dial desk set
Automatic Electric Strowger "sunburst" dial desk set
1903
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Helen Repa
Helen Repa
Western Electric hero during the Eastland disaster
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AE 1A color brochure
Automatic Electric ad
1929
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Early French Phone Maison Breguet
Early French Phone Maison Breguet
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Henry Dreyfuss
Henry Dreyfuss
Industrial designer
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William Francis Channing
William Francis Channing
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Harry Fuld
Harry Fuld
German telephone entrepreneur
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Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan
Unix and C co-developer
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Ericsson 1889 catalog
Ericsson 1889 catalog
1889
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Emile Berliner
Emile Berliner
Telephone transmitter innovator
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Ericovox Speaker Phone
Ericovox Speaker Phone
1959
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Ericovox and Magicall Brochure
Ericovox and Magicall Brochure
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Stromberg Carlson intercom
Stromberg Carlson intercom
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Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
1915
GPO phone
General Post Office/BT ad
1934
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AE 1958 Mechanical Principles of Telephony
AE 1958 Mechanical Principles of Telephony
1958
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Erna Schneider Hoover
Erna Schneider Hoover
Computerized telephone switching innovator
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Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
1891
Dennis Hayes
Dennis Hayes
Modem inventor
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Strowger
Automatic Electric ad
1895
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S.H. Couch Telephone Co. 30 station Autophone desk set
S.H. Couch Telephone Co. 30 station Autophone desk set
1910
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Bell system
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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The Story of the Telephone
The Story of the Telephone
1970
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Viaduct Manufacturing Co. No. 14 Potbelly Desk Set
Viaduct Manufacturing Co. No. 14 Potbelly Desk Set
1901
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Kellogg straight shaft desk set
Kellogg straight shaft desk set
1899
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Bell System Blue Color Sample 500 Set
Bell System Blue Color Sample 500 Set
1954
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Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
1954
Theodore Vail
Theodore Vail
Built the AT&T monopoly
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Augusta Electric Fat Tapered Shaft Desk Set
Augusta Electric Fat Tapered Shaft Desk Set
1899
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AT&T Annual Report, 1943
AT&T Annual Report, 1943
1943
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Stromberg-Carlson Tandem
Stromberg-Carlson Tandem
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Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Hedy Lamarr on the phone
William Orton
William Orton
Western Union President
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American Bell 1886 long distance transmitter (Original)
American Bell 1886 long distance transmitter (Original)
1886
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Chicago Telephone Supply c 1899 Catalog
Chicago Telephone Supply c 1899 Catalog
1899
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How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
Calling on German payphone
Calling on German payphone
1957
'Sally doesnt solder anymore'
Western Electric ad
1953
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Robert Metcalfe
Robert Metcalfe
Ethernet Co-inventor
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Viaduct Ad December
Viaduct Manufacturing ad
1898
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'Call by number'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1929
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Ring Ring album cover
Ring Ring album cover
1973
AT&T Annual Report, 1914
AT&T Annual Report, 1914
1914
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Schmidt & Bruckner Electric Company fluted pencil shaft
Schmidt & Bruckner Electric Company fluted pencil shaft
1899
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Bell liquid transmitter
Bell liquid transmitter
1876
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Elisha Gray
Elisha Gray
Inventor and Bell competitor
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Harold Stephen Black
Harold Stephen Black
Invented the negative feedback amplifier
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American Electric
American Electric ad
1902
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Ericsson metal phone with Victorian imagery
Ericsson metal phone with Victorian imagery
1910
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Early Princess
AT&T / Bell System ad
1959
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Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
1970
César Baldaccini cast iron telephone
César Baldaccini cast iron telephone
1994
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Harold D. Arnold
Harold D. Arnold
First Bell Labs research director
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AT&T corporate image
AT&T / Bell System ad
1966
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Telephone truck
Western Electric ad
1952
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Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
1941
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
Ordinary Bell telephone
Ordinary Bell telephone
1880
WE 302 pushbutton prototype
WE 302 pushbutton prototype
1953
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Stan Laurel promo pic
Stan Laurel promo pic
1928
Pacific Telephone
Pacific Telephone ad
1911
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Ericsson 1976 digital switching brochure
Ericsson 1976 digital switching brochure
1976
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Telephone System of the British Post Office
Telephone System of the British Post Office
1901
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British Dictograph
Dictograph Products ad
1936
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Early telephone innovator
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Daryl Chapin
Daryl Chapin
Solar cell co-inventor
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Telephone vs. Airplane
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1930
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Kellogg 1943 Wartime Rebuilding Catalog
Kellogg 1943 Wartime Rebuilding Catalog
1943
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NE 1914 catalog
NE 1914 catalog
1914
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Joybubbles
Joybubbles
Early phone phreak
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Clinton Davisson
Clinton Davisson
Bell Labs Nobel prize winner
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Lars Magnus Ericsson
Lars Magnus Ericsson
Swedish telephone entrepreneur and inventor
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Robert Woodrow Wilson
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Cosmic radiation co-discoverer
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Wilhelm Potbelly Stick
Wilhelm Potbelly Stick
1896
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Eastern Telephone Manufacturing Co. tapered shaft desk stand
Eastern Telephone Manufacturing Co. tapered shaft desk stand
1900
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AT&T Annual Report, 1932
AT&T Annual Report, 1932
1932
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The Telephone In America
The Telephone In America
1952
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Kid on phone
Kid on phone
1907
Stromberg Carlson
Stromberg-Carlson ad
1902
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Strowger Wall Phone
Strowger Wall Phone
1908
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American Electric Potbelly
American Electric ad
1900
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Deutsche Bundespost Telefon brochure
Deutsche Bundespost Telefon brochure
1979
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Early French Two-Box
Early French Two-Box
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Antonio Meucci
Antonio Meucci
Early telephone innovator
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George May Phelps
George May Phelps
Telegraph and telephone innovator
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Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside
Transmission innovator (inductive loading)
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Krone Compact 1000
Krone ad
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Williams-Abbott Electric Company short straight shaft desk set
Williams-Abbott Electric Company short straight shaft desk set
1912
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Grillo phone
Siemens ad
1968
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George Willard Coy
George Willard Coy
Developed first local exchange
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WE 5302
WE 5302
1955
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WE 1916 Magneto Phones Catalog
WE 1916 Magneto Phones Catalog
1916
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Craig McCaw
Craig McCaw
Cellular telephone entrepreneur
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WE 500 'Mushroom Night Light" Phone
WE 500 'Mushroom Night Light" Phone
1954
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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Bell telephone roadshow
Bell Telephone ad
1877
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AE 21 Candlestick
AE 21 Candlestick
1922
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Are You Getting The Most Out Of TELEX?
Are You Getting The Most Out Of TELEX?
1963
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John Renshaw Carson
John Renshaw Carson
AT&T transmission engineering leader
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High Heel Shoe Phone
High Heel Shoe Phone
1987
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Keith Haring Pop Shop Orange Siemens 611
Keith Haring Pop Shop Orange Siemens 611
1988
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Century Telephone desk set
Century Telephone desk set
1900
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'The multiplication of you'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1933
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AT&T Annual Report, 1928
AT&T Annual Report, 1928
1928
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North Electric ad for farms and ranches
North Electric ad
1904
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Allen-Hussey Co. Bee Hive Potbelly
Allen-Hussey Co. Bee Hive Potbelly
1898
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Ericsson 1923 multi-line phones catalog
Ericsson 1923 multi-line phones catalog
1923
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Harry Truman
Harry Truman
1945
Kellogg 1941 Catalog
Kellogg 1941 Catalog
1941
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Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
Bell promoter (and Hubbard's wife)
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Columbia 1894 Fluted Shaft Desk Set
Columbia 1894 Fluted Shaft Desk Set
1894
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Haines Noyes Electric
Australian PMG 300 Series Wall Phone
Australian PMG 300 Series Wall Phone
1939
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Otto Julius Zobel
Otto Julius Zobel
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1971
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Calvin Souther Fuller
Calvin Souther Fuller
Solar cell co-inventor
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Hitchcock movie promo pic
Hitchcock movie promo pic
1954
Mihajlo Pupin
Mihajlo Pupin
Loading coil inventor
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David Lynch “Hold The Phone” Unknown Manufacturer
David Lynch “Hold The Phone” Unknown Manufacturer
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Ericsson 1935 catalog (Spanish)
Ericsson 1935 catalog (Spanish)
1935
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Prototype pushbutton WE 500 set
Prototype pushbutton WE 500 set
1958
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Natalie Wood on the phone
Natalie Wood on the phone
1960
Kellogg 1916 PBX Switchboards catalog
Kellogg 1916 PBX Switchboards catalog
1916
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Gray Pay Station 1925 catalog
Gray Pay Station 1925 catalog
1925
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Swedish telephone
Kellogg Model 900 'Pyramid'
Kellogg Model 900 'Pyramid'
1933
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Couch and Seeley Potbelly
Couch and Seeley Potbelly
1903
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Lee de Forest
Lee de Forest
Vacuum tube inventor
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Ericsson Model BC 2050
Ericsson Model BC 2050
1892
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Ericsson DBH 1001
Ericsson DBH 1001
1931
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Long Distance Rate Reductions
AT&T / Bell System ad
1937
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Thomas B. Doolittle
Thomas B. Doolittle
Telephone and copper wire innovator
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William Gardner Pfann
William Gardner Pfann
Bell Labs materials scientist
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Sergei Alexander Schelkunoff
Sergei Alexander Schelkunoff
Bell Labs waveguide propagation researcher
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Keystone Telephone Co. straight shaft desk set
Keystone Telephone Co. straight shaft desk set
1902
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Francis Blake
Francis Blake
Telephone transmitter inventor
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Ericsson 1901 catalog (English)
Ericsson 1901 catalog (English)
1901
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Western Electric
Western Electric ad
1915
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Die Telefone der Telekom
Die Telefone der Telekom
1993
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Chocolate North H6
Chocolate North H6
1948
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Max Mathews
Max Mathews
Bell Labs computer music pioneer
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Williams-Abbott Electric Company fat tapered shaft desk set
Williams-Abbott Electric Company fat tapered shaft desk set
1898
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AE 50 "Jukebox"
AE 50 "Jukebox"
1937
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Bjarne Stroustrup
Bjarne Stroustrup
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Ericsson Model 350 Wall Telephone
Ericsson Model 350 Wall Telephone
1895
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Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co split shaft desk set
Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co split shaft desk set
1906
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De Locht Pantelephone
De Locht Pantelephone
1880
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Garford Ad From Telephony
James Stewart and Ned Sparks
James Stewart and Ned Sparks
1947
AT&T Annual Report, 1935
AT&T Annual Report, 1935
1935
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TW Ness 1893 Catalog
TW Ness 1893 Catalog
1893
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WE Type 21 Walnut Two-Box phone
WE Type 21 Walnut Two-Box phone
1890
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"Le Trefle" Desk Telephone
"Le Trefle" Desk Telephone
1906
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Rope Shaft Candlestick
Rope Shaft Candlestick
1900
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Sharing Your Telephone
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1917
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Moses Greeley Parker
Moses Greeley Parker
Early Bell investor, had idea for phone numbers
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Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
1942
George E. Smith
George E. Smith
Charge coupled device inventor
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Modell Europa brochure
Modell Europa brochure
1952
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Ezra Gilliland
Ezra Gilliland
Telephone switchboard innovator
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Electrical Engineering Co. Desk Set
Electrical Engineering Co. Desk Set
1898
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Buy a phone call
AT&T / Bell System ad
1935
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Swedish field telephone
Swedish field telephone
1900
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1896
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1896
1896
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Alfred Stromberg
Alfred Stromberg
Stromberg-Carlson founder
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Viaduct Wall Switchboard Phone
Viaduct Wall Switchboard Phone
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Garfield phone
Tyco ad
1985
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Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1982
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Extension phones
AT&T / Bell System ad
1965
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Early Ericsson 'Pulpit-Style' Wall Switchoard
Early Ericsson 'Pulpit-Style' Wall Switchoard
1893
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Frank B. Jewett
Frank B. Jewett
Radio telephony pioneer
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Homer Dudley
Homer Dudley
Speech synthesis inventor
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Keith Haring Pop Shop Red Siemens 611
Keith Haring Pop Shop Red Siemens 611
1988
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Sosthenes Behn
Sosthenes Behn
ITT founder
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Jean-Michel Basquiat Painted Siemens 611
Jean-Michel Basquiat Painted Siemens 611
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Stromberg-Carlson "flip top" desk stand
Stromberg-Carlson "flip top" desk stand
1896
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General Telephone Co. Potbelly Desk Stand
General Telephone Co. Potbelly Desk Stand
1897
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1955 Central Office Equipment
1955 Central Office Equipment
1955
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Stromberg-Carlson 1936 Catalog
Stromberg-Carlson 1936 Catalog
1936
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Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
1953
Bishnu S. Atal
Bishnu S. Atal
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Mervin Kelly
Mervin Kelly
Vacuum tube innovator and solid-state team builder
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Phone Mate 930
Phonemate Inc. ad
1979
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AT&T Annual Report, 1942
AT&T Annual Report, 1942
1942
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John J. Carty
John J. Carty
AT&T Chief Engineer
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Ericsson 1902 catalog
Ericsson 1902 catalog
1902
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Gray Silver Dollar Pay Telephone
Gray Silver Dollar Pay Telephone
1905
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Auto Tele Switch
Trimline
AT&T / Bell System ad
1976
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Amos E. Joel Jr.
Amos E. Joel Jr.
Electronic switching and cellular innovator
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Magnavox anti-noise telephone
Magnavox anti-noise telephone
1915
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Harvey Fletcher
Harvey Fletcher
Bell Lab physicist and speech expert
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Early French Cradle Phone
Early French Cradle Phone
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Trimphone
Trimphone
1964
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Kellogg receiver ad
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1902
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Model 302s in color!
AT&T / Bell System ad
1949
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Clark's Bell Call String Telephone
Clark's Bell Call String Telephone
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AT&T Annual Report, 1944
AT&T Annual Report, 1944
1944
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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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Britain's Public Payphones
Britain's Public Payphones
1984
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Special Range Telephones
Special Range Telephones
1981
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Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
1974