Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
1915
Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
Bell promoter (and Hubbard's wife)
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Siemens Auso S62 In Original Bigrigio Gray Colors
Siemens Auso S62 In Original Bigrigio Gray Colors
1962
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Buckingham Palace phone
Buckingham Palace phone
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Planning For Telephones In Large Buildings
Planning For Telephones In Large Buildings
1948
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ITT Telephone Guide
ITT Telephone Guide
1978
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Triple Wide Oak Phone
Triple Wide Oak Phone
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WE 500 'Mushroom Night Light" Phone
WE 500 'Mushroom Night Light" Phone
1954
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Swedish American Transmitter
Swedish-American ad
1903
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Gray 23D
Gray 23D
1910
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"Hello"
"Hello"
Clark Automatic Telephone Switchboard Co. No. 7 Goose Neck Desk Stand
Clark Automatic Telephone Switchboard Co. No. 7 Goose Neck Desk Stand
1902
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North 1915 Magneto Telephones Bulletin
North 1915 Magneto Telephones Bulletin
1915
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Superman Phone
Superman Phone
1978
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Magnavox anti-noise telephone
Magnavox anti-noise telephone
1915
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Commemorative gold 'millionth Trimline phone’
Commemorative gold 'millionth Trimline phone’
1967
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Kellogg
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1902
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William O. Baker
William O. Baker
Bell Labs research director and president
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Siemens 611 Yellow
Siemens 611 Yellow
1963
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Ericofon
L.M. Ericsson ad
1965
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British Dictograph
Dictograph Products ad
1936
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Rudolf Kompfner
Rudolf Kompfner
Wave transmission and amplification innovator
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AT&T Annual Report, 1928
AT&T Annual Report, 1928
1928
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Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside
Transmission innovator (inductive loading)
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B-R Electric tapered shaft desk set
B-R Electric tapered shaft desk set
1901
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AT&T Annual Report 1960
AT&T Annual Report 1960
1960
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Ring Ring album cover
Ring Ring album cover
1973
Harold Stephen Black
Harold Stephen Black
Invented the negative feedback amplifier
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Bell and Watson stage public exhibitions of the telephone
Early French Phone Mfg Unknown
Early French Phone Mfg Unknown
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AT&T corporate image
AT&T / Bell System ad
1966
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Model 302s in color!
AT&T / Bell System ad
1949
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Föderl-System Signal Transmitter Telephone
Föderl-System Signal Transmitter Telephone
1915
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WE Triple Wide Three-Box
WE Triple Wide Three-Box
1882
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Ericovox Speaker Phone
Ericovox Speaker Phone
1959
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Phone Thing
AT&T / Bell System ad
1977
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Early telephone innovator
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C&P Telephone postwar recruiting ad
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1947
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Calling on German payphone
Calling on German payphone
1957
Doolittle tap bell telephone
Doolittle tap bell telephone
1878
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Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan
Unix and C co-developer
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Western Electric 50A Conference Telephone Set
Western Electric 50A Conference Telephone Set
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Connecticut Telephone 1915 Intercoms catalog
Connecticut Telephone 1915 Intercoms catalog
1915
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Stromberg-Carlson 1211
Stromberg-Carlson 1211
1930
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Viaduct Manufacturing Co. Tapered Shaft Desk Set
Viaduct Manufacturing Co. Tapered Shaft Desk Set
1904
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Utica Fire Alarm Telegraph Co. straight shaft desk set
Utica Fire Alarm Telegraph Co. straight shaft desk set
1912
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Western Electric Clear Trimline Field Trial Rotary
Western Electric Clear Trimline Field Trial Rotary
1964
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Strowger Automatic: A Sixty Year Report
Strowger Automatic: A Sixty Year Report
1952
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AT&T Picturephone Mod II
AT&T Picturephone Mod II
1970
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AT&T Annual Report, 1946
AT&T Annual Report, 1946
1946
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Louis J. Lanzerotti
Louis J. Lanzerotti
Space weather pioneer
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Orange Doodle Phone
Orange Doodle Phone
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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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AT&T Annual Report, 1904
AT&T Annual Report, 1904
1904
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Kellogg 1932 Catalog
Kellogg 1932 Catalog
1932
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Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
1942
AT&T Annual Report, 1925
AT&T Annual Report, 1925
1925
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John J. Carty
John J. Carty
AT&T Chief Engineer
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1971
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Bishnu S. Atal
Bishnu S. Atal
Speech coding innovator
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Antonio Meucci
Antonio Meucci
Early telephone innovator
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Fred Waldhauer
Fred Waldhauer
Audio engineering innovator
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American Speaking Telephone Co. magneto phone
American Speaking Telephone Co. magneto phone
1879
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Norwegian Elektrisk Bureau Kristiania Wall Telephone
Norwegian Elektrisk Bureau Kristiania Wall Telephone
1897
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How Bell Invented The Telephone (Watson Speech)
How Bell Invented The Telephone (Watson Speech)
1915
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Ericsson
L.M. Ericsson ad
1891
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AT&T Annual Report, 1914
AT&T Annual Report, 1914
1914
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Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
1974
Hendrik Wade Bode
Hendrik Wade Bode
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AT&T Annual Report, 1921
AT&T Annual Report, 1921
1921
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Francis Blake
Francis Blake
Telephone transmitter inventor
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James Stewart and Ned Sparks
James Stewart and Ned Sparks
1947
AT&T Annual Report, 1926
AT&T Annual Report, 1926
1926
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Elvis Presley’s Gold Plated Graceland Telephone
Elvis Presley’s Gold Plated Graceland Telephone
1957
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Harry Truman
Harry Truman
1945
Keith Haring Pop Shop Orange Siemens 611
Keith Haring Pop Shop Orange Siemens 611
1988
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The Telephone In America
The Telephone In America
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Harvey Fletcher
Harvey Fletcher
Bell Lab physicist and speech expert
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Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
1912
Bang and Olufsen BeoCom Phone
Bang and Olufsen BeoCom Phone
1983
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Northern Electric: Who We Are
Northern Electric: Who We Are
1965
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Almon Strowger
Almon Strowger
Automatic switching and dialing inventor
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Sallie Pero Mead
Sallie Pero Mead
Mathematician and wireless innovator
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Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
1965
AT&T Annual Report, 1945
AT&T Annual Report, 1945
1945
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First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
1946
John Renshaw Carson
John Renshaw Carson
AT&T transmission engineering leader
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Screw Machine Products 36 station "Select-O-Phone" desk set
Screw Machine Products 36 station "Select-O-Phone" desk set
1919
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Willard Boyle
Willard Boyle
Charge coupled device inventor
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Harry Nyquist
Harry Nyquist
Transmission engineering and communications systems
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Rope Shaft Candlestick
Rope Shaft Candlestick
1900
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Die Telefone des Herrn Fuld
Die Telefone des Herrn Fuld
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Tivadar Puskás
Tivadar Puskás
Telephone exchange designer
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NE 1933 catalog
NE 1933 catalog
1933
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When To Ask For INformation
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1917
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Wilhelm Telephone Mfg. Co. pencil shaft on heavy cast base
Wilhelm Telephone Mfg. Co. pencil shaft on heavy cast base
1898
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Trimline
AT&T / Bell System ad
1976
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Ezra Gilliland
Ezra Gilliland
Telephone switchboard innovator
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AT&T Annual Report, 1924
AT&T Annual Report, 1924
1924
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Reginald Fessenden
Reginald Fessenden
Wireless telegraph (radio) innovator
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Ericsson Unifon
Ericsson Unifon
1944
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Hose-McCann Model SD Naval Telephone
Hose-McCann Model SD Naval Telephone
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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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Grillo phone
Siemens ad
1968
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AT&T Annual Report, 1942
AT&T Annual Report, 1942
1942
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Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
1974
Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1971
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Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
1973
AT&T Annual Report, 1936
AT&T Annual Report, 1936
1936
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Fifty years of Fuld/TN products
Fifty years of Fuld/TN products
1949
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Chicago Telephone c1904 Catalog
Chicago Telephone c1904 Catalog
1904
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Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton
Western Electric co-founder
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John Bardeen
John Bardeen
Transistor co-inventor
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P. H. & R. (Plummer, Ham and Richardson) Potbelly Desk Set
P. H. & R. (Plummer, Ham and Richardson) Potbelly Desk Set
1898
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Frank B. Jewett
Frank B. Jewett
Radio telephony pioneer
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Andrae 1905 Catalog
Andrae 1905 Catalog
1905
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AGB long distance membrane receiver
AGB long distance membrane receiver
1876
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Ordinary Bell telephone
Ordinary Bell telephone
1880
Ericofon
L.M. Ericsson ad
1959
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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'The multiplication of you'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1933
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National Telephone Co. 1903 catalogue
National Telephone Co. 1903 catalogue
1903
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First Ericsson phone, with helical microphone
First Ericsson phone, with helical microphone
1880
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Elisha Gray
Elisha Gray
Inventor and Bell competitor
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WE Model 102
WE Model 102
1927
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He is calling you
AT&T / Bell System ad
1932
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Manfred R. Schroeder
Manfred R. Schroeder
Speech coding innovator
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Erna Schneider Hoover
Erna Schneider Hoover
Computerized telephone switching innovator
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Strowger post card
Automatic Electric ad
1906
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Valdemar Poulsen
Valdemar Poulsen
Developed magnetic recording and radio transmission technology
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Die Telefone der Telekom
Die Telefone der Telekom
1991
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AT&T Annual Report, 1948
AT&T Annual Report, 1948
1948
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North Electric Co. Type F Potbelly
North Electric Co. Type F Potbelly
1901
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Nazi yacht phone
Nazi yacht phone
1935
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1899
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1899
1899
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Early French Phone Maison Breguet
Early French Phone Maison Breguet
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Monarch 1917 catalog
Monarch 1917 catalog
1917
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Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Harold D. Arnold
Harold D. Arnold
First Bell Labs research director
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AT&T Annual Report, 1901
AT&T Annual Report, 1901
1901
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Keystone Telephone 1897 Catalog
Keystone Telephone 1897 Catalog
1897
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L.M. Ericsson & Co. potbelly desk set
L.M. Ericsson & Co. potbelly desk set
1896
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Warren P. Mason
Warren P. Mason
Distributed-element circuit pioneer
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Bill Blass in a phone booth
Bill Blass in a phone booth
1971
Sharing Your Telephone
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1917
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Ericsson five-line 'test telephone'
Ericsson five-line 'test telephone'
1895
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Harry Fuld
Harry Fuld
German telephone entrepreneur
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Girl on phone
Girl on phone
1909
Billy Klüver
Billy Klüver
Art, technology and electronics innovator
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How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
American Electric 1931 catalog
American Electric 1931 catalog
1931
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Keystone Dial Candlestick
Keystone Dial Candlestick
1920
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Esther M. Conwell
Esther M. Conwell
Semiconductor innovator
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Strowger 1931 Dial Telephones catalog
Strowger 1931 Dial Telephones catalog
1931
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Granville Woods
Granville Woods
Telegraphony developer
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Siemens & Halske Intercom Telephone
Siemens & Halske Intercom Telephone
1918
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AT&T Annual Report, 1916
AT&T Annual Report, 1916
1916
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Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
1953
30 Station Autophone
30 Station Autophone
1910
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Black GPO Model 162
Black GPO Model 162
1929
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Shaver 10 button desk set
Shaver 10 button desk set
1900
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WE 100-Type Phone With "French" E1 Handset
WE 100-Type Phone With "French" E1 Handset
1927
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Century Desk Set
Manhattan Electrical Supply Co. Tapered Shaft Desk Set
Manhattan Electrical Supply Co. Tapered Shaft Desk Set
1902
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Mohamed M. Atalla
Mohamed M. Atalla
MOSFET co-inventor
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Western Electric
Western Electric ad
1915
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Osamu Fujimura
Osamu Fujimura
Speech science pioneer
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Loeffler Phone Co. 5 button desk set
Loeffler Phone Co. 5 button desk set
1905
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Post Modell Frankfurt brochure
Post Modell Frankfurt brochure
1979
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WE 554 (And Color Variants)
WE 554 (And Color Variants)
1956
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Ericsson 1976 digital switching brochure
Ericsson 1976 digital switching brochure
1976
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Kid on phone
Kid on phone
1907
Russell Tomlinson Potbelly
Gray Pay Station 1912 Catalog
Gray Pay Station 1912 Catalog
1912
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Ruth A. Weiss
Ruth A. Weiss
Programming language innovator
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Ericsson 1931 catalog
Ericsson 1931 catalog
1931
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AT&T Annual Report, 1981
AT&T Annual Report, 1981
1981
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Evening calling
General Post Office/BT ad
1964
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AE 40 color brochure
Automatic Electric ad
1940
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Marian Croak
Marian Croak
Voice over IP inventor
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Lars Magnus Ericsson
Lars Magnus Ericsson
Swedish telephone entrepreneur and inventor
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1881 ad in Boston phone directory
Charles Williams Jr. Shop ad
1881
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Australian PMG 300 Series Wall Phone
Australian PMG 300 Series Wall Phone
1939
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New public phones
AT&T / Bell System ad
1960
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Amos E. Joel Jr.
Amos E. Joel Jr.
Electronic switching and cellular innovator
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Clark Automatic
Clark Automatic Telephone ad
1902
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Ericsson export model telephone
Ericsson export model telephone
1898
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Hipwell Telephone
Bltn #815: Selectophone
Bltn #815: Selectophone
1947
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Charles K. Kao
Charles K. Kao
Fiber optics and laser innovator
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Siemens and Halske early dial telephone
Siemens and Halske early dial telephone
1912
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Ericsson 1923 multi-line phones catalog
Ericsson 1923 multi-line phones catalog
1923
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Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
1891
Vermont Tel sign
Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
1970
GPO 1980 Payphones brochure
GPO 1980 Payphones brochure
1980
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Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
1941
George E. Smith
George E. Smith
Charge coupled device inventor
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Williams Telephone & Supply Company tapered shaft desk set
Williams Telephone & Supply Company tapered shaft desk set
1899
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'Practical and pretty too'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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George May Phelps
George May Phelps
Telegraph and telephone innovator
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North Electric Co. Type F potbelly desk set
North Electric Co. Type F potbelly desk set
1901
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Auto Tele Switch
Special Range Telephones
Special Range Telephones
1981
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National Telephone Company wall phone
National Telephone Company wall phone
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Alfred Stromberg
Alfred Stromberg
Stromberg-Carlson founder
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Jones 50-Line Switchboard
Jones 50-Line Switchboard
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WE 2500 (yellow and other colors)
WE 2500 (yellow and other colors)
1968
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Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1980
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Early French Eiffel Tower Phone
Early French Eiffel Tower Phone
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Arno Allan Penzias
Arno Allan Penzias
Cosmic radiation co-discoverer
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GPO phone
General Post Office/BT ad
1934
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Jubilee Telephone
Jubilee Telephone
1977
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Henry Dreyfuss
Henry Dreyfuss
Industrial designer
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Donald Genaro
Donald Genaro
Industrial designer
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Vint Cerf
Vint Cerf
TCP/IP co-developer, 'father of the Internet'
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Joybubbles
Joybubbles
Early phone phreak
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Keystone Telephone Co. straight shaft desk set
Keystone Telephone Co. straight shaft desk set
1902
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Public Telephone Instruction Card Manual Bell System
Public Telephone Instruction Card Manual Bell System
1980
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Montana Independent Telephone
Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
1954
The Telephone In America
The Telephone In America
1952
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A Half-Century of Service
A Half-Century of Service
1946
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Robert Woodrow Wilson
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Cosmic radiation co-discoverer
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Hilda Ericsson
Hilda Ericsson
Swedish entrepreneur
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The Next Phone
AT&T / Bell System ad
1968
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William A. Massey
William A. Massey
Queueing theory expert
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'How many million times'
Western Electric ad
1946
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Natalie Wood on the phone
Natalie Wood on the phone
1960
Trimline wall
AT&T / Bell System ad
1967
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Swedish field telephone
Swedish field telephone
1900
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Hitchcock movie promo pic
Hitchcock movie promo pic
1954
George Willard Coy
George Willard Coy
Developed first local exchange
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Amos Dolbear
Amos Dolbear
'Talking telegraph' developer
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Ericsson wall phone
Ericsson wall phone
1880
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Bell telephone roadshow
Bell Telephone ad
1877
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Compagnia Generale Di Elettricita fluted shaft desk set
Compagnia Generale Di Elettricita fluted shaft desk set
1921
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Lee de Forest
Lee de Forest
Vacuum tube inventor
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AT&T Annual Report, 1927
AT&T Annual Report, 1927
1927
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Edison telegraph "double transmittor" ad
Charles Williams Jr. Shop ad
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Gray Three-Slot Payhone
Gray Three-Slot Payhone
1920
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Princess
AT&T / Bell System ad
1961
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Gerald Pearson
Gerald Pearson
Solar cell co-inventor
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William G. McGowan
William G. McGowan
MCI Founder
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John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce
Pulse code modulation co-developer
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AT&T Annual Report, 1923
AT&T Annual Report, 1923
1923
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'Sally doesnt solder anymore'
Western Electric ad
1953
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AT&T Annual Report, 1932
AT&T Annual Report, 1932
1932
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Dictograph Telephone Switchboard
Dictograph Telephone Switchboard
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Co-developer of the basis for laser science
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Stan Laurel promo pic
Stan Laurel promo pic
1928
Charles Fleetford Sise
Charles Fleetford Sise
Started Bell Canada
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Taft learning he's been nominated for president
Taft learning he's been nominated for president
1908
Giles Gilbert Scott
Giles Gilbert Scott
Designer of the UK red telephone kiosk
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Automatic Electric 1940 catalog
Automatic Electric 1940 catalog
1940
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Craig McCaw
Craig McCaw
Cellular telephone entrepreneur
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Mihajlo Pupin
Mihajlo Pupin
Loading coil inventor
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National Bell April 1879 pricing circular
National Bell April 1879 pricing circular
1879
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Martin Cooper
Martin Cooper
Cellular telephony inventor
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Night rates to Europe
AT&T / Bell System ad
1935
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Kellogg Select-O-Phone ad
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1947
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Early Princess
AT&T / Bell System ad
1959
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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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Ericsson 1928 multi-line phones catalog
Ericsson 1928 multi-line phones catalog
1928
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Early Ericsson telephone
Early Ericsson telephone
1881
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'From factory to foxhole'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1945
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French engraving with early Bell phones
French engraving with early Bell phones
1880
Lorimer Automatic Telephone System 4-Switch Desk Set
Lorimer Automatic Telephone System 4-Switch Desk Set
1901
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Kellogg
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1922
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1971
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North Electric Potbelly
North Electric Potbelly
1900
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Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1979
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Androv Carlson
Androv Carlson
Stromberg Carlson founder
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Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
1963
Theodore Vail
Theodore Vail
Built the AT&T monopoly
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Fuld Tischmodelle Holz
Fuld Tischmodelle Holz
1902
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Ch. Milde Fils phone
Ch. Milde Fils phone
1940
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Grillo Folding Telephone
Grillo Folding Telephone
1965
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GPO Office Telephone
GPO Office Telephone
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Irving Penn photo
Irving Penn photo
1949
First New York to Chicago phone call
First New York to Chicago phone call
1892
GPO Green Pages
GPO Green Pages
1972
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Grillo
Siemens ad
1968
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Italian Onyx Floor Telephone
Italian Onyx Floor Telephone
1960
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Viaduct Ad December
Viaduct Manufacturing ad
1898
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WE 653 Hotel Phone
WE 653 Hotel Phone
1930
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'War still needs the wires'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1944
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Raymond W. Ketchledge
Raymond W. Ketchledge
Telephone switching innovator
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William Gray
William Gray
Payphone inventor and entrepreneur
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Edison Motograph Telephone
Edison Motograph Telephone
1877
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Krone Compact 1000
Krone ad
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Bettie Page
Bettie Page
1954