Willard Boyle
Willard Boyle
Charge coupled device inventor
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WE 1916 Catalog
WE 1916 Catalog
1916
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Grillo
Siemens ad
1968
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Kellogg 1908 Intercoms Catalog
Kellogg 1908 Intercoms Catalog
1908
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Natalie Wood on the phone
Natalie Wood on the phone
1960
AT&T Annual Report 1976
AT&T Annual Report 1976
1976
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North Electric H6
North Electric H6
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Mianus Electric Co. 1899 catalog
Mianus Electric Co. 1899 catalog
1899
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John Renshaw Carson
John Renshaw Carson
AT&T transmission engineering leader
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French engraving with early Bell phones
French engraving with early Bell phones
1880
Antonio Meucci
Antonio Meucci
Early telephone innovator
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Dictograph intercom
Dictograph Products ad
1944
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De Locht Pantelephone
De Locht Pantelephone
1880
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1881
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1881
1881
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Autovon military Princess phone
Autovon military Princess phone
1959
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Bell System
AT&T / Bell System ad
1948
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Monarch 1917 catalog
Monarch 1917 catalog
1917
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Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
1973
Conference Telephone Service
AT&T / Bell System ad
1939
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Western Electric Type 98
Western Electric Type 98
1902
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'Dont blame us, blame the war'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1942
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Amos E. Joel Jr.
Amos E. Joel Jr.
Electronic switching and cellular innovator
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Telephone Switchboard, c. 1900
Telephone Switchboard, c. 1900
1900
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Julia O'Connor
Julia O'Connor
Telephone labor leader
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AE40 With Gold Leaf And Butler Handle
AE40 With Gold Leaf And Butler Handle
1939
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Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
1942
Western Union Annual Report 1869
Western Union Annual Report 1869
1869
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Farr 1915 Catalog
Farr 1915 Catalog
1915
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Ring Ring album cover
Ring Ring album cover
1973
Rotary Dial Trimline
Rotary Dial Trimline
1964
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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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AT&T Annual Report 1959
AT&T Annual Report 1959
1959
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1896
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1896
1896
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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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Gray No. 1 'Silver Dollar' Cabinet
Gray No. 1 'Silver Dollar' Cabinet
1889
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Donald Genaro
Donald Genaro
Industrial designer
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Dictograph 1923 Catalog
Dictograph 1923 Catalog
1923
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The Telephone In America
The Telephone In America
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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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Wall phone with butterstamp receiver/transmitters
Wall phone with butterstamp receiver/transmitters
1878
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Sallie Pero Mead
Sallie Pero Mead
Mathematician and wireless innovator
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National Bell Wall Phone
National Bell Wall Phone
1879
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Walter Brattain
Walter Brattain
Transistor co-inventor
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Bishnu S. Atal
Bishnu S. Atal
Speech coding innovator
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Bell Labs Prototype Field Trial Demitasse set
Bell Labs Prototype Field Trial Demitasse set
1957
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Stromberg 1914 Switchboards catalog
Stromberg 1914 Switchboards catalog
1914
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Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
1970
AT&T Annual Report, 1981
AT&T Annual Report, 1981
1981
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Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside
Transmission innovator (inductive loading)
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Bob Staples (Eames Office) compact phone prototype
Bob Staples (Eames Office) compact phone prototype
1957
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Ordinary Bell telephone
Ordinary Bell telephone
1880
Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
1965
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Graham Bell's father and mentor
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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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AT&T Annual Report 1958
AT&T Annual Report 1958
1958
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AT&T Annual Report 1950
AT&T Annual Report 1950
1950
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Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
1974
Kellogg 'postal long distance' candlestick
Kellogg 'postal long distance' candlestick
1912
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From The Far Corners of the Earth
From The Far Corners of the Earth
1939
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The Story of Western Electric
The Story of Western Electric
1938
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Clark Automatic
Clark Automatic Telephone ad
1901
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How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
John Bardeen
John Bardeen
Transistor co-inventor
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Emma Nutt
Emma Nutt
First female telephone operator
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Clark Automatic
Clark Automatic Telephone ad
1902
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Kellogg 1000 X-Ray Explainer
Kellogg 1000 X-Ray Explainer
1947
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Lars Magnus Ericsson
Lars Magnus Ericsson
Swedish telephone entrepreneur and inventor
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AE 40
AE 40
1939
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Viaduct Wall Switchboard Phone
Viaduct Wall Switchboard Phone
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'Convenience in color'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1957
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William Gardner Pfann
William Gardner Pfann
Bell Labs materials scientist
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Gray Pay Station 1912 Catalog
Gray Pay Station 1912 Catalog
1912
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Central Tandem
Central Tandem
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Robert Metcalfe
Robert Metcalfe
Ethernet Co-inventor
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Sterling Electric Co. fluted shaft desk set
Sterling Electric Co. fluted shaft desk set
1902
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North 1915 Magneto Telephones Bulletin
North 1915 Magneto Telephones Bulletin
1915
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AT&T Annual Report, 1978
AT&T Annual Report, 1978
1978
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Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
1974
Androv Carlson
Androv Carlson
Stromberg Carlson founder
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John Tukey
John Tukey
Data anlysis pioneer and FFT developer
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AE Wall Set With Strowger Dial
AE Wall Set With Strowger Dial
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Clear Conairphone
Clear Conairphone
1989
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Payphone Design Standards Bell System
Payphone Design Standards Bell System
1966
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Chas. Williams Jr early ad
Charles Williams Jr. Shop ad
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GTE Autovon digital secure voice terminal
GTE Autovon digital secure voice terminal
1982
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BTMC model 2725 ('Antwerp') phone
BTMC model 2725 ('Antwerp') phone
1936
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Ericsson 1937 switchboard catalog
Ericsson 1937 switchboard catalog
1937
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AT&T Annual Report, 1920
AT&T Annual Report, 1920
1920
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'Practical and pretty too'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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James Stewart and Ned Sparks
James Stewart and Ned Sparks
1947
How Bell Invented The Telephone (Watson Speech)
How Bell Invented The Telephone (Watson Speech)
1915
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Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Co-developer of the basis for laser science
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Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson
Unix co-creator
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Ericsson 1964 electronic switching brochure
Ericsson 1964 electronic switching brochure
1964
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Keystone Dial Candlestick
Keystone Dial Candlestick
1920
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Keystone Telephone 1897 Catalog
Keystone Telephone 1897 Catalog
1897
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Mohamed M. Atalla
Mohamed M. Atalla
MOSFET co-inventor
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Die Telefone der Telekom
Die Telefone der Telekom
1991
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Martin Cooper
Martin Cooper
Cellular telephony inventor
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Early telephone innovator
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AE 1A color brochure
Automatic Electric ad
1929
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Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1979
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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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Take a letter from A to Z
AT&T / Bell System ad
1946
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Girl on phone
Girl on phone
1909
DeVeau rope shaft desk set
DeVeau rope shaft desk set
1898
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William Shockley
William Shockley
Transistor co-inventor
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George May Phelps
George May Phelps
Telegraph and telephone innovator
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Edison televoice writer
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ad
1951
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Model 302s in color!
AT&T / Bell System ad
1949
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Thomas A. Watson
Thomas A. Watson
Bell collaborator and co-founder
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Reginald Fessenden
Reginald Fessenden
Wireless telegraph (radio) innovator
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Phone Mate 930
Phonemate Inc. ad
1979
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'Big in value'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1939
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WE 202
WE 202
1930
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Bill Blass in a phone booth
Bill Blass in a phone booth
1971
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Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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Ralph Hartley
Ralph Hartley
Information theory innovator
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Siemens and Halske French intercom phone
Siemens and Halske French intercom phone
1900
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Happy Days three-slot payphone
Happy Days three-slot payphone
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Werner von Siemens
Werner von Siemens
Siemens founder
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Kellogg straight shaft desk set
Kellogg straight shaft desk set
1910
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William Gray
William Gray
Payphone inventor and entrepreneur
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"Le Trefle" Desk Telephone
"Le Trefle" Desk Telephone
1906
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ITT Telephone Guide
ITT Telephone Guide
1978
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Western Electric Montgomery Works brochure
Western Electric Montgomery Works brochure
1980
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Hendrik Wade Bode
Hendrik Wade Bode
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First New York to Chicago phone call
First New York to Chicago phone call
1892
GPO Telephone Service, Explained
GPO Telephone Service, Explained
1961
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Bell solar battery
AT&T / Bell System ad
1956
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Ericsson phone made in Moscow
Ericsson phone made in Moscow
1910
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AT&T Annual Report, 1924
AT&T Annual Report, 1924
1924
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WE Type 68 Compact Phone With Cow Bells
WE Type 68 Compact Phone With Cow Bells
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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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Stan Laurel promo pic
Stan Laurel promo pic
1928
Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1979
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Charles H. Townes
Charles H. Townes
Microwave spectroscopy and MASER pioneer
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Hourglass concept phone
Hourglass concept phone
1958
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Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1980
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Kellogg 1918 Intercoms Catalog
Kellogg 1918 Intercoms Catalog
1918
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Bell and Watson stage public exhibitions of the telephone
William A. Massey
William A. Massey
Queueing theory expert
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Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co. No. 20 "knurled nut" split shaft desk set
Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co. No. 20 "knurled nut" split shaft desk set
1907
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Haines Noyes Electric
Ericovox Speaker Phone
Ericovox Speaker Phone
1959
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Russell Ohl
Russell Ohl
Pioneered P-N junctions for solar cells
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Swedish telephone
Iskra ETA 80
Iskra ETA 80
1979
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Elisha Gray
Elisha Gray
Inventor and Bell competitor
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Trimline wall
AT&T / Bell System ad
1967
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Irving Penn photo
Irving Penn photo
1949
American Electric 1931 catalog
American Electric 1931 catalog
1931
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Rope Shaft Candlestick
Rope Shaft Candlestick
1900
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Bettie Page
Bettie Page
1954
Hitchcock movie promo pic
Hitchcock movie promo pic
1954
Ericsson 1928 multi-line phones catalog
Ericsson 1928 multi-line phones catalog
1928
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Ness Automatic
Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co. ad
1902
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Francis Blake
Francis Blake
Telephone transmitter inventor
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Elizabeth A. Wood
Elizabeth A. Wood
Crystallographic research leader
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When To Ask For INformation
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1917
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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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Aug 1877 Hubbard report on Bell telephone licensing (transcribed)
Aug 1877 Hubbard report on Bell telephone licensing (transcribed)
1877
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Yann LeCun
Yann LeCun
Machine learning pioneer
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Century Desk Set
Ericsson 1934 catalog (3)
Ericsson 1934 catalog (3)
1934
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Kellogg c1900 Wood Telephones Catalog
Kellogg c1900 Wood Telephones Catalog
1900
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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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American Bell Desk Stand with Blake Transmitter
American Bell Desk Stand with Blake Transmitter
1891
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England catches up with postwar telephone demand
"Hello"
"Hello"
Vought-Berger Telephone Co. straight shaft desk set
Vought-Berger Telephone Co. straight shaft desk set
1912
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Bell System Blue Color Sample 500 Set
Bell System Blue Color Sample 500 Set
1954
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Telemax “Fashion Phone”
Telemax “Fashion Phone”
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Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
1891
The Ireland Phone
The Ireland Phone
1991
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Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
1963
The Romantic (Phone) Collection
The Romantic (Phone) Collection
1983
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Montana Independent Telephone
Osamu Fujimura
Osamu Fujimura
Speech science pioneer
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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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Fluted Shaft Candlestick
Fluted Shaft Candlestick
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'The multiplication of you'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1933
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Hilda Ericsson
Hilda Ericsson
Swedish entrepreneur
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Daryl Chapin
Daryl Chapin
Solar cell co-inventor
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Felipe Jesus Consalvos cigar box collage telephone
Felipe Jesus Consalvos cigar box collage telephone
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Kid on phone
Kid on phone
1907
AT&T Annual Report, 1911
AT&T Annual Report, 1911
1911
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Russell Tomlinson Potbelly
Connecticut Electric Wall Switchboard
Connecticut Electric Wall Switchboard
1912
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William O. Baker
William O. Baker
Bell Labs research director and president
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Krone Compact 1000
Krone ad
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Leich Telephones
Leich ad
1922
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Garford Ad From Telephony
James J. Storrow
James J. Storrow
Attorney who masterminded Bell patent litigation
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Tucker Telephone
Ackerman-Boland 6 button desk telephone
Ackerman-Boland 6 button desk telephone
1910
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Hammered Copper Candlestick
Hammered Copper Candlestick
1910
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AT&T Annual Report, 1945
AT&T Annual Report, 1945
1945
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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AT&T Annual Report, 1932
AT&T Annual Report, 1932
1932
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'Its fun to talk by telephone'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1957
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Ad for 'Tomorrows Telephones'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1959
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Ericsson DBH 1001
Ericsson DBH 1001
1931
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Early French L'Huillier Phone
Early French L'Huillier Phone
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Steven Chu
Steven Chu
Co-developed laser cooling
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Princess
AT&T / Bell System ad
1961
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Evelyn Hu
Evelyn Hu
Nanotechnology innovator
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Kellogg 1915 Switchboards catalog
Kellogg 1915 Switchboards catalog
1915
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Allen-Hussey "Bee Hive" desk set
Allen-Hussey "Bee Hive" desk set
1900
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American Electric
American Electric ad
1902
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AT&T Annual Report, 1942
AT&T Annual Report, 1942
1942
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Gray / Western Electric Model 50 Pay Phone
Gray / Western Electric Model 50 Pay Phone
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Gray Silver Dollar Pay Telephone
Gray Silver Dollar Pay Telephone
1905
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AT&T Annual Report 1968
AT&T Annual Report 1968
1968
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Hipwell Telephone
Alec Reeves
Alec Reeves
Pulse code modulation co-developer
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Help For Handicapped People
Help For Handicapped People
1981
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Max Mathews
Max Mathews
Bell Labs computer music pioneer
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Loeffler Phone Co. 9 button desk set
Loeffler Phone Co. 9 button desk set
1910
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Frank B. Jewett
Frank B. Jewett
Radio telephony pioneer
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Erna Schneider Hoover
Erna Schneider Hoover
Computerized telephone switching innovator
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Walter Lincoln Hawkins
Walter Lincoln Hawkins
Polymer chemistry pioneer
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'From factory to foxhole'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1945
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Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan
Unix and C co-developer
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Julius Andrae & Sons Co. desk set
Julius Andrae & Sons Co. desk set
1910
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Early Bell Coffin Phone
Early Bell Coffin Phone
1879
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Schmoo phone
Western Electric ad
1961
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'Call by number'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1929
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1885
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1885
1885
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Edison Televoice Writer
Edison Televoice Writer
1951
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Prototype pushbutton WE 500 set
Prototype pushbutton WE 500 set
1958
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Dictograph intercom substation
Dictograph intercom substation
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Fred Waldhauer
Fred Waldhauer
Audio engineering innovator
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James West
James West
Electret microphone co-inventor
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Charles K. Kao
Charles K. Kao
Fiber optics and laser innovator
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Garfield Phone
Garfield Phone
1985
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New colors
Western Electric ad
1956
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Trimline
AT&T / Bell System ad
1967
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Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
1954
Richard Hamming
Richard Hamming
Pioneering mathematician
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Kellogg straight shaft desk set
Kellogg straight shaft desk set
1899
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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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Vermont Tel sign
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1882
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1882
1882
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Hose-McCann ships telephone
Hose-McCann ad
1946
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J. Wich "Lyre" desk top telephone (French)
J. Wich "Lyre" desk top telephone (French)
1905
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Milo G. Kellogg
Milo G. Kellogg
Switchboard innovator and Kellogg founder
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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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Telephone Companion
Telephone Companion
1973
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Demonstration Telephone For Schools
Demonstration Telephone For Schools
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Chicago Telephone 1928 catalog
Chicago Telephone 1928 catalog
1928
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Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
1941
Gerald Pearson
Gerald Pearson
Solar cell co-inventor
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Hotel intercom with watchcase receiver
Hotel intercom with watchcase receiver
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Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
1912
Bell telephone roadshow
Bell Telephone ad
1877
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Taft learning he's been nominated for president
Taft learning he's been nominated for president
1908
Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson
Theoretical physics innovator
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AT&T Annual Report, 1908
AT&T Annual Report, 1908
1908
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
1953
Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
1915
Silver Dollar Pay Station
Silver Dollar Pay Station
1900
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Lester Germer
Lester Germer
Bell Labs physicist
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Strowger 1931 Dial Telephones catalog
Strowger 1931 Dial Telephones catalog
1931
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Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon
Father of information theory
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Chicago Telephone c1904 Catalog
Chicago Telephone c1904 Catalog
1904
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W. Gurtl telephone
W. Gurtl telephone
1896
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AE PAX
Automatic Electric ad
1919
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Harold H. Greene
Harold H. Greene
Judge who oversaw AT&T's breakup
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AE 34
AE 34
1934
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Kellogg 925
Kellogg 925
1930
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George Willard Coy
George Willard Coy
Developed first local exchange
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Western Electric No. 9 long distance desk telephone
Western Electric No. 9 long distance desk telephone
1897
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Dawon Kahng
Dawon Kahng
MOSFET co-inventor
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First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
1946
American Electric Straight Shaft Desk Set
American Electric Straight Shaft Desk Set
1902
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Charles Williams Jr / Am Bell ad
American Bell Telephone ad
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Concentrate While Telephoning
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1917
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Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone inventor and patent holder
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Emile Berliner
Emile Berliner
Telephone transmitter innovator
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Harold Stephen Black
Harold Stephen Black
Invented the negative feedback amplifier
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No. 2 Speaking Tube Desk Phone
No. 2 Speaking Tube Desk Phone
1892
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Monarch Telephone
Monarch Telephone ad
1922
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Monarch Candlestick
Monarch Telephone ad
1921
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Harry Truman
Harry Truman
1945
Calling on German payphone
Calling on German payphone
1957
John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce
Pulse code modulation co-developer
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Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak
Early phone phreak
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Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton
Western Electric co-founder
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Leich Electric Co. UECO Straight Shaft Desk Set
Leich Electric Co. UECO Straight Shaft Desk Set
1908
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AE Dialaphone
AE Dialaphone
1961
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