Phelps' "Electro-Motor Printing Telegraph" enables 60 WPM speed
Phelps' "Electro-Motor Printing Telegraph" enables 60 WPM speed
Holmes Burglar Alarm of Boston installs first telephone exchange
Holmes Burglar Alarm of Boston installs first telephone exchange
Puskás designs first telephone exchange
Puskás designs first telephone exchange
Coy opens the first telephone exchange (in New Haven)
Coy opens the first telephone exchange (in New Haven)
Emma Nutt becomes first female telephone operator
Emma Nutt becomes first female telephone operator
Photo: New York's central telephone exchange office
Photo: New York's central telephone exchange office
Telephone Exchanges open in Berlin, Vienna, and Sydney
Telephone Exchanges open in Berlin, Vienna, and Sydney
Operators working at a 'pyramid' switchboard
Operators working at a 'pyramid' switchboard
First telephone exchanges in India, Russia, and Shanghai
First telephone exchanges in India, Russia, and Shanghai
First long-distance line: Boston to Providence
First long-distance line: Boston to Providence
Photo: Operators at Boston's Tremont St central office
Photo: Operators at Boston's Tremont St central office
Gray patents the coin-operated payphone mechanism
Gray patents the coin-operated payphone mechanism
Telephone service begins between Tokyo and Yokohama
Telephone service begins between Tokyo and Yokohama
Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
First 'common battery' central office (Lexington, Mass.)
First 'common battery' central office (Lexington, Mass.)
Photo: Lines going into the back of switchboards in LA central office
Photo: Lines going into the back of switchboards in LA central office
Ad: AT&T long distance advertising (pocket map cover)
Ad: AT&T long distance advertising (pocket map cover)
Photo: Pasadena, CA's first telephone exchange
Photo: Pasadena, CA's first telephone exchange
First Los Angeles Pay Station
First Los Angeles Pay Station
PDF:
Rural Telephone Lines And How To Build Them
PDF: Rural Telephone Lines And How To Build Them
First dial telephones introduced
First dial telephones introduced
Photo: Operators in Charleston, West Virginia, 1905
Photo: Operators in Charleston, West Virginia, 1905
PDF:
Kellogg 1908 Intercoms Catalog
PDF: Kellogg 1908 Intercoms Catalog
Photo: Switchboard training, in Denver
Photo: Switchboard training, in Denver
PDF:
Gray Pay Station 1912 Catalog
PDF: Gray Pay Station 1912 Catalog
Slideshow: Pac Tel 1912: Buildings and Vehicles
Slideshow: 20 photos
Slideshow: Pac Tel 1912: Buildings and Vehicles
Slideshow: Pac Tel 1912: Central Office Scenes
Slideshow: 49 photos
Slideshow: Pac Tel 1912: Central Office Scenes
Slideshow: Pac Tel 1912: Outside plant construction
Slideshow: 57 photos
Slideshow: Pac Tel 1912: Outside plant construction
Siemens begins laying the Rhineland cable
Siemens begins laying the Rhineland cable
Slideshow: Telephone Exchanges of the World, 1913
Slideshow: 27 photos
Slideshow: Telephone Exchanges of the World, 1913
PDF:
Connecticut Telephone 1915 Intercoms catalog
PDF: Connecticut Telephone 1915 Intercoms catalog
PDF:
Kellogg 1916 PBX Switchboards catalog
PDF: Kellogg 1916 PBX Switchboards catalog
PDF:
Kellogg 1918 Intercoms Catalog
PDF: Kellogg 1918 Intercoms Catalog
Bell system introduces rotary dialing, and first dial candlestick
Bell system introduces rotary dialing, and first dial candlestick
Julia O'Connor leads the first telephone operators' strike
Julia O'Connor leads the first telephone operators' strike
PDF:
Select-O-Phone intercom system brochure
PDF: Select-O-Phone intercom system brochure
Dial phones spread to major cities
Dial phones spread to major cities
PDF:
Dictograph 1923 Catalog
PDF: Dictograph 1923 Catalog
Photo: Western Union telegraph operator
Photo: Western Union telegraph operator
PDF:
Gray Pay Station 1925 catalog
PDF: Gray Pay Station 1925 catalog
Giles Gilbert Scott designs the red telephone box (K2 kiosk) for GPO
Giles Gilbert Scott designs the red telephone box (K2 kiosk) for GPO
PDF:
Kellogg 1928 PBX Switchboards catalog
PDF: Kellogg 1928 PBX Switchboards catalog
Video: A Desert Span, Building Trunk Telephone Lines (AT&T)
Video: A Desert Span, Building Trunk Telephone Lines (AT&T)
Video: The Tele Skater Girls
Video: The Tele Skater Girls
Photo: Chicago Central Office Roller Skates
Photo: Chicago Central Office Roller Skates
PDF:
Telephone Buildings Of The Bell System
PDF: Telephone Buildings Of The Bell System
Video: The World's Switchboard!
Video: The World's Switchboard!
AT&T terminates exclusivity with Gray, begins designing its own payphones
AT&T terminates exclusivity with Gray, begins designing its own payphones
PDF:
Gray 1935 Pay Station Catalog
PDF: Gray 1935 Pay Station Catalog
Salvador Dali makes dial compact for Elsa Schiaparelli
Salvador Dali makes dial compact for Elsa Schiaparelli
PDF:
Simplex Fernsprecher brochure
PDF: Simplex Fernsprecher brochure
Video: Introduction to the Dial Telephone (AT&T)
Video: Introduction to the Dial Telephone (AT&T)
Photo: Paris long distance central office
Photo: Paris long distance central office
PDF:
Rural Telphone Lines
PDF: Rural Telphone Lines
Video: The Voice of the City (Operators)
Video: The Voice of the City (Operators)
Video: Operator! 1938 video profiling operators.
Video: Operator! 1938 video profiling operators.
Photo: Operators at 1939 World's Fair
Photo: Operators at 1939 World's Fair
Slideshow: Bell System Stats 1925-1940
Slideshow: 36 photos
Slideshow: Bell System Stats 1925-1940
Operators on cover of Saturday Evening Post
Operators on cover of Saturday Evening Post
Photo: Long Lines office in New York
Photo: Long Lines office in New York
Video: Modern Caravans (Laying cross-country cable)
Video: Modern Caravans (Laying cross-country cable)
PDF:
Gray Paystation 1943 catalog
PDF: Gray Paystation 1943 catalog
Video: Newfoundland Long Lines, a WWII Film (U.S. Army / AT&T)
Video: Newfoundland Long Lines, a WWII Film (U.S. Army / AT&T)
Ad: 'War still needs the wires'
Ad: 'War still needs the wires'
Telex service spreads around the world
Telex service spreads around the world
Photo: Potsdam conference operators
Photo: Potsdam conference operators
Ad: Working on a rush job.
Ad: Working on a rush job.
PDF:
Kellogg Masterdial Xray Explainer
PDF: Kellogg Masterdial Xray Explainer
England recruits operators amid postwar shortage
England recruits operators amid postwar shortage
PDF:
Planning For Telephones In Large Buildings
PDF: Planning For Telephones In Large Buildings
Telephone lineman on cover of Saturday Evening Post
Telephone lineman on cover of Saturday Evening Post
Video: Instructional film for operators
Video: Instructional film for operators
Video: Cable to Cuba, Laying Undersea Cable (AT&T)
Video: Cable to Cuba, Laying Undersea Cable (AT&T)
First direct-dialed transcontinental call
First direct-dialed transcontinental call
Direct long-distance dialing begins
Direct long-distance dialing begins
PDF:
Fernsprech Reihen-Apparat brochure
PDF: Fernsprech Reihen-Apparat brochure
Video: Dialing the Nation (AT&T)
Video: Dialing the Nation (AT&T)
Transatlantic telephone cable (TAT-1)
Transatlantic telephone cable (TAT-1)
Photo: Calling on German payphone
Photo: Calling on German payphone
Photo: TN service counter
Photo: TN service counter
Video: Queen Calls Edinburgh
Video: Queen Calls Edinburgh
Video: Cable to the Continent, the Second Transatlantic Telephone Cable
Video: Cable to the Continent, the Second Transatlantic Telephone Cable
Photo: Long Distance operators in Omaha
Photo: Long Distance operators in Omaha
T1 digital carrier system developed
T1 digital carrier system developed
Automatic (no operator) Telex service launches in England
Automatic (no operator) Telex service launches in England
Photo: Promo photo for area codes and direct dialing
Photo: Promo photo for area codes and direct dialing
PDF:
GPO Telephone Service, Explained
PDF: GPO Telephone Service, Explained
PDF:
Are You Getting The Most Out Of TELEX?
PDF: Are You Getting The Most Out Of TELEX?
Touch-Tone dialing introduced
Touch-Tone dialing introduced
TPC-1: First transpacific telephone cable
TPC-1: First transpacific telephone cable
PDF:
LP 3 Electronic Secretary Telephone Answering Set
PDF: LP 3 Electronic Secretary Telephone Answering Set
Video: Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)
Video: Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)
Photo: 'Plugless' digital operator stations (TSPS), in Morristown NJ
Photo: 'Plugless' digital operator stations (TSPS), in Morristown NJ
Video: Debut of the First Picturephone (AT&T)
Video: Debut of the First Picturephone (AT&T)
Video: London Telephone Exchange
Video: London Telephone Exchange
Video: Careers: Service Representative (AT&T)
Video: Careers: Service Representative (AT&T)
Video: Careers: Line Worker (AT&T)
Video: Careers: Line Worker (AT&T)
Video: Careers: Toll Operator (AT&T)
Video: Careers: Toll Operator (AT&T)
Video: Carol Burnett: Phone Operator
Video: Carol Burnett: Phone Operator
PDF:
Telephones for Businesses
PDF: Telephones for Businesses
PDF:
Telex With Teleprinter
PDF: Telex With Teleprinter
Video: Telephone Office Planning and Engineering System (Bell Labs)
Video: Telephone Office Planning and Engineering System (Bell Labs)
PDF:
Post Modell Frankfurt brochure
PDF: Post Modell Frankfurt brochure
Video: Tour of AT&T's Network Operations Center (AT&T)
Video: Tour of AT&T's Network Operations Center (AT&T)
Video: How Pacific Bell Prepared for West Coast Earthquakes
Video: How Pacific Bell Prepared for West Coast Earthquakes
PDF:
GPO 1980 Payphones brochure
PDF: GPO 1980 Payphones brochure
Video: Viewtron Introduction, Viewdata Corporation (AT&T)
Video: Viewtron Introduction, Viewdata Corporation (AT&T)
PDF:
Britain's Public Payphones
PDF: Britain's Public Payphones
PDF:
Minitel Videotex Terminal Specification
PDF: Minitel Videotex Terminal Specification
NTT launches world's first ISDN service
NTT launches world's first ISDN service
Video: 100th Anniversary of the Payphone
Video: 100th Anniversary of the Payphone
PDF:
Payphones For Business
PDF: Payphones For Business
Caller ID becomes widespread
Caller ID becomes widespread
