Siemens 611 Yellow
Siemens 611 Yellow
1963
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Béla Julesz
Béla Julesz
Visual and sensory perception innovator
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Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
1965
AT&T Annual Report 1961
AT&T Annual Report 1961
1961
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Christmas
AT&T / Bell System ad
1960
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Grillo phone
Siemens ad
1968
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Christo Wrapped Ericsson Dialog
Christo Wrapped Ericsson Dialog
1962
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Willard Boyle
Willard Boyle
Charge coupled device inventor
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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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Italian FATME Ericsson Model DBHF 3001 Telephone
Italian FATME Ericsson Model DBHF 3001 Telephone
1960
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AE Styleline
AE Styleline
1969
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Krone Ivory W48
Krone Ivory W48
1961
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Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan
Unix and C co-developer
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Grillo
Siemens ad
1967
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'All the busy executives'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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Telephone Companion
Telephone Companion
1967
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Elizabeth A. Wood
Elizabeth A. Wood
Crystallographic research leader
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Grillo Folding Telephone
Grillo Folding Telephone
1965
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Ruth A. Weiss
Ruth A. Weiss
Programming language innovator
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Robert W. Lucky
Robert W. Lucky
Invented the adaptive equalizer
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WE 2554 (red and other colors)
WE 2554 (red and other colors)
1967
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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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Manfred R. Schroeder
Manfred R. Schroeder
Speech coding innovator
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James West
James West
Electret microphone co-inventor
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Trimline wall
AT&T / Bell System ad
1967
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Payphone Design Standards Bell System
Payphone Design Standards Bell System
1966
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Princess
AT&T / Bell System ad
1961
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WE 1500
WE 1500
1963
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Natalie Wood on the phone
Natalie Wood on the phone
1960
Billy Klüver
Billy Klüver
Art, technology and electronics innovator
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Schmoo phone
Western Electric ad
1961
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Call director
Western Electric ad
1960
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Card Dialer phone
Card Dialer phone
1962
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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WE 2500 (yellow and other colors)
WE 2500 (yellow and other colors)
1968
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AT&T Annual Report 1962
AT&T Annual Report 1962
1962
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Ericsson 1964 electronic switching brochure
Ericsson 1964 electronic switching brochure
1964
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Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
1963
Modern Business Telephones
Modern Business Telephones
1965
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Choose Your Modern Telephone
Choose Your Modern Telephone
1964
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The Next Phone
AT&T / Bell System ad
1968
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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AE Starlite
AE Starlite
1960
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Ericofon
L.M. Ericsson ad
1965
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The New Starlite
The New Starlite
1960
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'Never needs repair'
Western Electric ad
1963
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Promo photo for area codes and direct dialing
Promo photo for area codes and direct dialing
1960
Bell system
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson
Unix co-creator
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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Nixon's White House Phone
Nixon's White House Phone
1969
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Rudolf Kompfner
Rudolf Kompfner
Wave transmission and amplification innovator
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Trimphone
Trimphone
1964
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Touch tone
Western Electric ad
1965
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Ericsson Dialog Phone
Ericsson Dialog Phone
1964
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AT&T Annual Report 1969
AT&T Annual Report 1969
1969
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AT&T Annual Report 1964
AT&T Annual Report 1964
1964
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Arno Allan Penzias
Arno Allan Penzias
Cosmic radiation co-discoverer
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Princess phone
Western Electric ad
1961
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Evening calling
General Post Office/BT ad
1964
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AE 880 Speakerphone
AE 880 Speakerphone
1965
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AE Dialaphone
AE Dialaphone
1961
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JFK's Carlyle Hotel (NY White House) WE Spacesaver phone
JFK's Carlyle Hotel (NY White House) WE Spacesaver phone
1961
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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AT&T Annual Report 1967
AT&T Annual Report 1967
1967
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John Draper
John Draper
Famous phone phreak (aka 'Captain Crunch')
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Rotary Dial Trimline
Rotary Dial Trimline
1964
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AT&T Annual Report 1966
AT&T Annual Report 1966
1966
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LP 3 Electronic Secretary Telephone Answering Set
LP 3 Electronic Secretary Telephone Answering Set
1967
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JFK's Palm Springs phone
JFK's Palm Springs phone
1962
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John Tukey
John Tukey
Data analysis pioneer and FFT developer
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Trimline
AT&T / Bell System ad
1967
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AT&T Annual Report 1963
AT&T Annual Report 1963
1963
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Automatic (no operator) Telex service launches in England
Automatic (no operator) Telex service launches in England
1960
Fred Waldhauer
Fred Waldhauer
Audio engineering innovator
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Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie
UNIX co-creator
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Touch Tone Princess (And Color Variants)
Touch Tone Princess (And Color Variants)
1963
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Modern Telephones
Modern Telephones
1968
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Northern Electric: Who We Are
Northern Electric: Who We Are
1965
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Yellow Dialog Phone
Yellow Dialog Phone
1964
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Western Electric Clear Trimline Field Trial Rotary
Western Electric Clear Trimline Field Trial Rotary
1964
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Extension phones
AT&T / Bell System ad
1965
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George E. Smith
George E. Smith
Charge coupled device inventor
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Bell System
AT&T / Bell System ad
1965
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Grillo
Siemens ad
1968
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'Plugless' digital operator stations (TSPS), in Morristown NJ
'Plugless' digital operator stations (TSPS), in Morristown NJ
1969
Ericofoon PTT Sale
L.M. Ericsson ad
1968
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Raymond W. Ketchledge
Raymond W. Ketchledge
Telephone switching innovator
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AT&T Annual Report 1968
AT&T Annual Report 1968
1968
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Dialog Wall Phone
Dialog Wall Phone
1964
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'Practical and pretty too'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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Max Mathews
Max Mathews
Bell Labs computer music pioneer
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New public phones
AT&T / Bell System ad
1960
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JFK’s Call Director
JFK’s Call Director
1961
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GPO Telephone Service, Explained
GPO Telephone Service, Explained
1961
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The Post Office (Microwave) Tower: London
The Post Office (Microwave) Tower: London
1967
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WE 2565 Office Phone
WE 2565 Office Phone
1968
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Louis J. Lanzerotti
Louis J. Lanzerotti
Space weather pioneer
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John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce
Pulse code modulation co-developer
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AT&T Annual Report 1965
AT&T Annual Report 1965
1965
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AT&T corporate image
AT&T / Bell System ad
1966
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Charles K. Kao
Charles K. Kao
Fiber optics and laser innovator
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Noteworthy Phone And Corkboard
Noteworthy Phone And Corkboard
1964
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AT&T corporate image
AT&T / Bell System ad
1966
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AT&T Annual Report 1960
AT&T Annual Report 1960
1960
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Italian Onyx Floor Telephone
Italian Onyx Floor Telephone
1960
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Commemorative gold 'millionth Trimline phone’
Commemorative gold 'millionth Trimline phone’
1967
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Telcer "BoBo" phone
Telcer "BoBo" phone
1969
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Robert Woodrow Wilson
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Cosmic radiation co-discoverer
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Harvest Gold Contempra
Harvest Gold Contempra
1967
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