'Big in value'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1939
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Ralph Hartley
Ralph Hartley
Information theory innovator
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Chicago Telephone Supply "Oil Can" desk set made for Montgomery Ward
Chicago Telephone Supply "Oil Can" desk set made for Montgomery Ward
1909
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Thomas B. Doolittle
Thomas B. Doolittle
Telephone and copper wire innovator
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AT&T Annual Report, 1905
AT&T Annual Report, 1905
1905
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Starting a Telephone Talk
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1917
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Tivadar Puskás
Tivadar Puskás
Telephone exchange designer
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Wilhelm Potbelly Stick
Wilhelm Potbelly Stick
1896
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Types of Telephone(s)
Types of Telephone(s)
1982
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James J. Storrow
James J. Storrow
Attorney who masterminded Bell patent litigation
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Strowger post card
Automatic Electric ad
1906
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AGB long distance membrane receiver
AGB long distance membrane receiver
1876
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TN Mangau III phone
TN Mangau III phone
1948
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Amos E. Joel Jr.
Amos E. Joel Jr.
Electronic switching and cellular innovator
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Tucker Telephone
Automatic Electric
American Electric ad
1921
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SAFNAT Multiline Phone
SAFNAT Multiline Phone
1958
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Ericsson Model BC 2050
Ericsson Model BC 2050
1892
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Vint Cerf
Vint Cerf
TCP/IP co-developer, 'father of the Internet'
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Kellogg
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1902
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Theodore Vail
Theodore Vail
Built the AT&T monopoly
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Grillo
Siemens ad
1968
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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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1881 ad in Boston phone directory
Charles Williams Jr. Shop ad
1881
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Girl on phone
Girl on phone
1909
Ericovox Speaker Phone
Ericovox Speaker Phone
1959
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1971
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A Half-Century of Service
A Half-Century of Service
1946
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Western Electric 20-B desk set
Western Electric 20-B desk set
1912
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National Telephone
National Telephone Mfg. Co. ad
1895
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Androv Carlson
Androv Carlson
Stromberg Carlson founder
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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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'Tunnan' Telephon by Stockholms Telefon AB
'Tunnan' Telephon by Stockholms Telefon AB
1895
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Viaduct Wall Switchboard Phone
Viaduct Wall Switchboard Phone
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Model 302s in color!
AT&T / Bell System ad
1949
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Bell telephone roadshow
Bell Telephone ad
1877
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The Telephone In America
The Telephone In America
1952
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Ericsson 1911 catalog
Ericsson 1911 catalog
1911
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Bell Dec 1878 battery telephone announcement
Bell Dec 1878 battery telephone announcement
1878
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Picturephone
Western Electric ad
1970
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Erna Schneider Hoover
Erna Schneider Hoover
Computerized telephone switching innovator
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George Stibitz
George Stibitz
Relay-based computer circuitry pioneer
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Béla Julesz
Béla Julesz
Visual and sensory perception innovator
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Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Italian Onyx Floor Telephone
Italian Onyx Floor Telephone
1960
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Canadian straight shaft desk set
Canadian straight shaft desk set
1912
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Reginald Fessenden
Reginald Fessenden
Wireless telegraph (radio) innovator
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AT&T Annual Report, 1944
AT&T Annual Report, 1944
1944
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Raymond W. Ketchledge
Raymond W. Ketchledge
Telephone switching innovator
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The New Starlite
The New Starlite
1960
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Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson
Theoretical physics innovator
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Siemens and Halske M89 wall phone
Siemens and Halske M89 wall phone
1890
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Harry Truman
Harry Truman
1945
Harry Fuld
Harry Fuld
German telephone entrepreneur
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Western Electric No. 3A long distance potbelly desk set
Western Electric No. 3A long distance potbelly desk set
1895
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1889
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1889
1889
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Western Electric
Western Electric ad
1915
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Kellogg 1926 Catalog
Kellogg 1926 Catalog
1926
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Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
1941
George Clark Southworth
George Clark Southworth
Waveguide developer and radio engineer
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Ring Ring album cover
Ring Ring album cover
1973
Kid on phone
Kid on phone
1907
American Electric manufactured for Rev-O-Noc H.S.B. & Co
American Electric manufactured for Rev-O-Noc H.S.B. & Co
1910
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American Electric pencil shaft desk set
American Electric pencil shaft desk set
1899
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Chicago Telephone Supply Co. straight shaft on a wooden base
Chicago Telephone Supply Co. straight shaft on a wooden base
1898
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AT&T Annual Report, 1983
AT&T Annual Report, 1983
1983
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William Gray
William Gray
Payphone inventor and entrepreneur
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WE 320 Type Explosion Proof (Mine) Phone With F1 Handset
WE 320 Type Explosion Proof (Mine) Phone With F1 Handset
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AT&T Annual Report, 1943
AT&T Annual Report, 1943
1943
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Lars Magnus Ericsson
Lars Magnus Ericsson
Swedish telephone entrepreneur and inventor
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WE Type 21 Walnut Two-Box phone
WE Type 21 Walnut Two-Box phone
1890
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American Electric Straight Shaft Desk Set
American Electric Straight Shaft Desk Set
1902
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Superman Phone
Superman Phone
1978
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Ackerman-Boland 8-Button Desk Set
Ackerman-Boland 8-Button Desk Set
1910
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AT&T Annual Report 1955
AT&T Annual Report 1955
1955
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Telephone System of the British Post Office
Telephone System of the British Post Office
1901
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Victory Calling
Victory Calling
1943
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Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
1954
Dean Electric "cosmos" desk set
Dean Electric "cosmos" desk set
1910
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Emile Berliner
Emile Berliner
Telephone transmitter innovator
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Monarch Telephone
Monarch Telephone ad
1922
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"Hello"
"Hello"
Vermont Tel sign
Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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Electrical Goods Manufacturing 8 button desk set
Electrical Goods Manufacturing 8 button desk set
1905
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Bell liquid transmitter
Bell liquid transmitter
1876
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Modern Business Telephones
Modern Business Telephones
1965
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Yann LeCun
Yann LeCun
Machine learning pioneer
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'Elegance for eloquence'
L.M. Ericsson ad
1958
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French engraving with early Bell phones
French engraving with early Bell phones
1880
Mohamed M. Atalla
Mohamed M. Atalla
MOSFET co-inventor
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Pacific Telephone
Pacific Telephone ad
1911
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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Early phone phreak and iPhone inventor
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'Dont blame us, blame the war'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1942
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WESCO Supply Co. desk set
WESCO Supply Co. desk set
1905
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Hitchcock movie promo pic
Hitchcock movie promo pic
1954
1955 Central Office Equipment
1955 Central Office Equipment
1955
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Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
1915
LP 3 Electronic Secretary Telephone Answering Set
LP 3 Electronic Secretary Telephone Answering Set
1967
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Bell System
AT&T / Bell System ad
1948
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1897
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1897
1897
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Russell Tomlinson Potbelly
Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
1963
Charles Fleetford Sise
Charles Fleetford Sise
Started Bell Canada
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Thomas A. Watson
Thomas A. Watson
Bell collaborator and co-founder
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Osamu Fujimura
Osamu Fujimura
Speech science pioneer
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Gerald Pearson
Gerald Pearson
Solar cell co-inventor
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Victor Telephone Ad 2
Victor Telephone ad
1899
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Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
1891
Lester Germer
Lester Germer
Bell Labs physicist
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Ericsson 1897 catalog
Ericsson 1897 catalog
1897
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Call director
Western Electric ad
1960
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Ad for 'Tomorrows Telephones'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1959
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Telephone Buildings Of The Bell System
Telephone Buildings Of The Bell System
1930
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Italian Fornari silver telephone
Italian Fornari silver telephone
1958
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Schmidt & Bruckner Electric Company fluted pencil shaft
Schmidt & Bruckner Electric Company fluted pencil shaft
1899
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Rudolf Kompfner
Rudolf Kompfner
Wave transmission and amplification innovator
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John J. Carty
John J. Carty
AT&T Chief Engineer
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Jean-Michel Basquiat Painted Siemens 611
Jean-Michel Basquiat Painted Siemens 611
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Granville Woods
Granville Woods
Telegraphony developer
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1892
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1892
1892
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Phone Mate 930
Phonemate Inc. ad
1979
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Wheeler sound powered phone
Wheeler sound powered phone
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AE PAX
Automatic Electric ad
1919
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Keith Haring Pop Shop Raspberry Siemens Auso S62
Keith Haring Pop Shop Raspberry Siemens Auso S62
1988
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Early Charles Williams National Bell Phone
Early Charles Williams National Bell Phone
1879
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Natalie Wood on the phone
Natalie Wood on the phone
1960
Ericsson 1923 telephone catalog
Ericsson 1923 telephone catalog
1923
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Ericsson five-line 'test telephone'
Ericsson five-line 'test telephone'
1895
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Ericsson 50-line switchboard
Ericsson 50-line switchboard
1913
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Dictograph intercom
Dictograph Products ad
1944
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Louis E. Brus
Louis E. Brus
Quantum dots co-discoverer
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Stromberg Carlson intercom
Stromberg Carlson intercom
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Robert Kahn
Robert Kahn
TCP/IP co-developer, 'father of the Internet'
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'Practical and pretty too'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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Trimphone
Trimphone
1964
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Ness Automatic
Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co. ad
1902
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L.M. Ericsson & Co. potbelly desk set
L.M. Ericsson & Co. potbelly desk set
1896
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Charles Williams coffin phone w/accessories
Charles Williams coffin phone w/accessories
1878
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Concentrate While Telephoning
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1917
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Hilda Ericsson
Hilda Ericsson
Swedish entrepreneur
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Bettie Page
Bettie Page
1954
Stan Laurel promo pic
Stan Laurel promo pic
1928
Warren P. Mason
Warren P. Mason
Distributed-element circuit pioneer
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1881
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1881
1881
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How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
Strowger (Automatic Electric Co.) potbelly 11 digit dial desk set
Strowger (Automatic Electric Co.) potbelly 11 digit dial desk set
1905
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Louis Digeon wall telephone
Louis Digeon wall telephone
1896
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Magnavox anti-noise telephone
Magnavox anti-noise telephone
1915
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Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
1912
Mervin Kelly
Mervin Kelly
Vacuum tube innovator and solid-state team builder
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Monarch Candlestick
Monarch Telephone ad
1921
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AT&T Annual Report, 1933
AT&T Annual Report, 1933
1933
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AT&T Annual Report, 1920
AT&T Annual Report, 1920
1920
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Early Princess
AT&T / Bell System ad
1959
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Working on a rush job.
AT&T / Bell System ad
1946
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Trimline
AT&T / Bell System ad
1967
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AE 21 Candlestick
AE 21 Candlestick
1922
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First New York to Chicago phone call
First New York to Chicago phone call
1892
Western Electric Drop Switchboard
Western Electric Drop Switchboard
1915
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Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone inventor and patent holder
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Elizabeth A. Wood
Elizabeth A. Wood
Crystallographic research leader
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AE Step Base Candlestick
AE Step Base Candlestick
1911
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WE 551 Switchboard
WE 551 Switchboard
1927
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Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
1942
Charles K. Kao
Charles K. Kao
Fiber optics and laser innovator
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National Bell Wall Phone
National Bell Wall Phone
1879
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Early telephone innovator
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North Electric Potbelly
North Electric Potbelly
1900
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Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Co-developer of the basis for laser science
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Ackerman-Boland 3 button desk set
Ackerman-Boland 3 button desk set
1906
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Nixon's White House Phone
Nixon's White House Phone
1969
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The Bell System
The Bell System
1933
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North Electric ad for farms and ranches
North Electric ad
1904
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Taft learning he's been nominated for president
Taft learning he's been nominated for president
1908
Craig McCaw
Craig McCaw
Cellular telephone entrepreneur
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Masterphone 1000 Brochure
Masterphone 1000 Brochure
1948
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Walter Lincoln Hawkins
Walter Lincoln Hawkins
Polymer chemistry pioneer
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Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
1973
New public phones
AT&T / Bell System ad
1960
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AT&T Annual Report 1967
AT&T Annual Report 1967
1967
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Max Mathews
Max Mathews
Bell Labs computer music pioneer
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'From factory to foxhole'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1945
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Bell Labs prototype wall phone
Bell Labs prototype wall phone
1940
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Christmas
AT&T / Bell System ad
1960
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Gray Pay Station 1912 Catalog
Gray Pay Station 1912 Catalog
1912
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Western Electric No. 10A tapered shaft desk telephone
Western Electric No. 10A tapered shaft desk telephone
1902
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Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
1974
Strowger 'Tele-Chec' seating control phone system
Strowger 'Tele-Chec' seating control phone system
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Ericsson 1889 catalog
Ericsson 1889 catalog
1889
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Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Graham Bell's father and mentor
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1958 Key Equipment Brochure
1958 Key Equipment Brochure
1958
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John Tukey
John Tukey
Data anlysis pioneer and FFT developer
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Manfred R. Schroeder
Manfred R. Schroeder
Speech coding innovator
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Lorimer Automatic Telephone System 4-Switch Desk Set
Lorimer Automatic Telephone System 4-Switch Desk Set
1901
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William Hathaway Forbes
William Hathaway Forbes
Bell early investor and President
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John Renshaw Carson
John Renshaw Carson
AT&T transmission engineering leader
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AT&T Annual Report 1958
AT&T Annual Report 1958
1958
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Automatic Electric 1940 catalog
Automatic Electric 1940 catalog
1940
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Submarine cable
Western Electric ad
1930
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Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1979
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Special Sunday Rates
AT&T / Bell System ad
1936
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Kellogg 1915 Switchboards catalog
Kellogg 1915 Switchboards catalog
1915
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Richard H. Frenkiel
Richard H. Frenkiel
Cellular telephony innovator
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Johann Philipp Reis
Johann Philipp Reis
Reis telephone developer
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WE 202
WE 202
1930
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Russell Ohl
Russell Ohl
Pioneered P-N junctions for solar cells
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AT&T Annual Report, 1929
AT&T Annual Report, 1929
1929
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Elston Telephone Co. Wooden Potbelly
Elston Telephone Co. Wooden Potbelly
1898
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Helen Repa
Helen Repa
Western Electric hero during the Eastland disaster
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Ericsson 1939 catalog
Ericsson 1939 catalog
1939
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'Sally doesnt solder anymore'
Western Electric ad
1953
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Buckingham Palace phone
Buckingham Palace phone
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Robert Metcalfe
Robert Metcalfe
Ethernet Co-inventor
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Ericofon
L.M. Ericsson ad
1959
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North 1915 Magneto Telephones Bulletin
North 1915 Magneto Telephones Bulletin
1915
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ITT Telephone Guide
ITT Telephone Guide
1978
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Telephone vs. Airplane
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1930
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Clark Automatic
Clark Automatic Telephone ad
1901
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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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Bell No. 2 A
Bell No. 2 A
1892
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Bill Blass in a phone booth
Bill Blass in a phone booth
1971
Charles Williams, Jr.
Charles Williams, Jr.
Telephone and telegraph manufacturer
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Bell Telephone of Canada model No. 4 straight shaft
Bell Telephone of Canada model No. 4 straight shaft
1897
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Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
1965
Harvey Fletcher
Harvey Fletcher
Bell Lab physicist and speech expert
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Maurice Karnaugh
Maurice Karnaugh
Developed pulse code modulation at Bell Labs
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'All the busy executives'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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AT&T Annual Report 1968
AT&T Annual Report 1968
1968
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Calvin Souther Fuller
Calvin Souther Fuller
Solar cell co-inventor
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Early French Phone Maison Breguet
Early French Phone Maison Breguet
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The Next Phone
AT&T / Bell System ad
1968
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James Stewart and Ned Sparks
James Stewart and Ned Sparks
1947
AT&T Annual Report, 1925
AT&T Annual Report, 1925
1925
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Western Electric 20-AL desk set with "Wonderphone" transmitter
Western Electric 20-AL desk set with "Wonderphone" transmitter
1915
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WE 21 'Erie' Candlestick
WE 21 'Erie' Candlestick
1900
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Lee de Forest
Lee de Forest
Vacuum tube inventor
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1896
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1896
1896
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Homer Dudley
Homer Dudley
Speech synthesis inventor
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AT&T Annual Report 1960
AT&T Annual Report 1960
1960
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Robert W. Lucky
Robert W. Lucky
Invented the adaptive equalizer
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J. P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan
AT&T financier and banker
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Ericsson
L.M. Ericsson ad
1891
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Daryl Chapin
Daryl Chapin
Solar cell co-inventor
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Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Wireless telegraph (radio) inventor
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Gray / Western Electric Model 50 Pay Phone
Gray / Western Electric Model 50 Pay Phone
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Minicom V TTY machine
Minicom V TTY machine
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Stromberg-Carlson "roman column" desk set
Stromberg-Carlson "roman column" desk set
1897
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Calling on German payphone
Calling on German payphone
1957
Secraphone Secure Phone
Secraphone Secure Phone
1937
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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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Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr
Actress and wireless telephony innovator
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Ordinary Bell telephone
Ordinary Bell telephone
1880
Ericsson 1945 parts catalog
Ericsson 1945 parts catalog
1945
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George Ashley Campbell
George Ashley Campbell
Long-distance telephony innovator
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Kellogg
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1902
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Kellogg 1918 Intercoms Catalog
Kellogg 1918 Intercoms Catalog
1918
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BTMC model 2725 ('Antwerp') phone
BTMC model 2725 ('Antwerp') phone
1936
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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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Montana Independent Telephone
First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
1946
Richard Hamming
Richard Hamming
Pioneering mathematician
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Bernard M. Oliver
Bernard M. Oliver
Pulse code modulation co-developer
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GPO Telephone Service, Explained
GPO Telephone Service, Explained
1961
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Irving Penn photo
Irving Penn photo
1949
The Post Office (Microwave) Tower: London
The Post Office (Microwave) Tower: London
1967
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Fluted Shaft Candlestick
Fluted Shaft Candlestick
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Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson
Unix co-creator
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Kellogg Grabaphone
Kellogg Grabaphone
1909
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Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
1953
Bradford Telephone wall phone
Bradford Telephone wall phone
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Hose-McCann Model SD Naval Telephone
Hose-McCann Model SD Naval Telephone
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AT&T corporate image
AT&T / Bell System ad
1966
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Payphone Design Standards Bell System
Payphone Design Standards Bell System
1966
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Colvin Wooden Potbelly
Colvin Wooden Potbelly
1894
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Western Electric 10-Station Wall Switchboard
Western Electric 10-Station Wall Switchboard
1915
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Stromberg-Carlson 1211
Stromberg-Carlson 1211
1930
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Keystone Telephone Co. dial desk set
Keystone Telephone Co. dial desk set
1915
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Die Telefone des Herrn Fuld
Die Telefone des Herrn Fuld
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BTMC 1910 catalog
BTMC 1910 catalog
1910
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Bell system
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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Werner von Siemens
Werner von Siemens
Siemens founder
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American Electric 1920s Catalog
American Electric 1920s Catalog
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Harold Stephen Black
Harold Stephen Black
Invented the negative feedback amplifier
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Gray 10A Shield Paystation
Gray 10A Shield Paystation
1912
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1982 Famous Phones Pacific Northwest Bell
1982 Famous Phones Pacific Northwest Bell
1982
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Gray Pay Station 1925 catalog
Gray Pay Station 1925 catalog
1925
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Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
1970
Sharing Your Telephone
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1917
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Kellogg
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1922
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Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
1974
Nickel Candlestick Pat'd 1901
Nickel Candlestick Pat'd 1901
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AT&T Annual Report, 1979
AT&T Annual Report, 1979
1979
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International Tapered Shaft