Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske and designs pointing telegraph
Werner von Siemens founds Siemens & Halske and designs pointing telegraph
Elisha Gray and Enos Barton incorporate Western Electric, with $ from Western Union
Elisha Gray and Enos Barton incorporate Western Electric, with $ from Western Union
Lars Magnus Ericsson founds Ericsson as a mechanical engineering shop
Lars Magnus Ericsson founds Ericsson as a mechanical engineering shop
First telephone directory published
First telephone directory published
Emma Nutt becomes first female telephone operator
Bell and New England Telephone merge to become National Bell Telephone
Bell and New England Telephone merge to become National Bell Telephone
National Bell merges with American Speaking Tel. Co. to become American Bell Telephone Co.
National Bell merges with American Speaking Tel. Co. to become American Bell Telephone Co.
Bell Telephone Company of Canada founded
Bell Telephone Company of Canada founded
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1881
National Telephone Co formed by merger of Bell and Edison interests
National Telephone Co formed by merger of Bell and Edison interests
Bell acquires Western Electric to become its manufacturing subsidiary.
Bell acquires Western Electric to become its manufacturing subsidiary.
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1882
First long-distance line: Boston to Providence
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1884
Ericsson opens its first major factory at Tulegatan
Ericsson opens its first major factory at Tulegatan
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1885
American Bell forms AT&T as subsidiary to operate long distance network
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1887
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1889
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1890
Telephone service begins between Tokyo and Yokohama
Telephone service begins between Tokyo and Yokohama
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1891
Strowger forms Automatic Electric Company, and receives switch patent
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1892
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1893
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1894
Lines going into the back of switchboards in Los Angeles central office
Lines going into the back of switchboards in Los Angeles central office
Stromberg and Carlson found Stromberg-Carlson
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1895
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1896
GPO takes over UK trunk network from National Telephone Company
GPO takes over UK trunk network from National Telephone Company
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1897
Milo Kellogg founds Kellogg Switchboard and Supply
Milo Kellogg founds Kellogg Switchboard and Supply
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1898
AT&T long distance advertising (pocket map cover)
AT&T long distance advertising (pocket map cover)
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1899
NEC founded as Japan's first foreign joint venture
NEC founded as Japan's first foreign joint venture
Henry Elston showing off his company's telephones
Henry Elston showing off his company's telephones
AT&T becomes holding company for American Bell's assets
AT&T becomes holding company for American Bell's assets
AT&T Annual Report, 1900
AT&T Annual Report, 1901
AT&T Annual Report, 1902
AT&T Annual Report, 1903
AT&T Annual Report, 1904
AT&T Annual Report, 1905
Western Electric Hawthorne Works opens in Chicago
Western Electric Hawthorne Works opens in Chicago
AT&T Annual Report, 1906
AT&T Annual Report, 1907
AT&T acquires struggling local independent telcos, funded by J.P. Morgan
AT&T acquires struggling local independent telcos, funded by J.P. Morgan
Theodore Vail returns to AT&T as President, backed by J.P. Morgan
AT&T Annual Report, 1908
AT&T Annual Report, 1909
AT&T buys Western Union controlling interest, gaining access to its network
AT&T buys Western Union controlling interest, gaining access to its network
AT&T Annual Report, 1910
AT&T Annual Report, 1911
AT&T Annual Report, 1912
Siemens begins laying the Rhineland cable
Siemens begins laying the Rhineland cable
GPO takes over entire UK telephone network
GPO takes over entire UK telephone network
AT&T Annual Report, 1913
AT&T divests Western Union
U.S. drops antitrust suit against AT&T, cementing its quasi-monopoly
U.S. drops antitrust suit against AT&T, cementing its quasi-monopoly
AT&T Annual Report, 1914
AT&T Annual Report, 1915
500 Western Electric employees die in disaster on way to company picnic
500 Western Electric employees die in disaster on way to company picnic
AT&T Annual Report, 1916
AT&T Annual Report, 1917
AT&T Annual Report, 1918
AT&T Annual Report, 1919
Theodore Gary acquires Automatic Electric
Julia O'Connor leads the first telephone operators' strike
AT&T Annual Report, 1920
Sosthenes Behn founds ITT; later collaborates with the Nazis
AT&T Annual Report, 1921
AT&T Annual Report, 1922
AT&T Annual Report, 1923
France creates PTT Administration
AT&T Annual Report, 1924
First red telephone boxes appear in the U.K.
First red telephone boxes appear in the U.K.
AT&T Annual Report, 1925
C&P Telephone repair shop
C&P Telephone repair shop
AT&T sells its European subsidiaries to ITT
AT&T Annual Report, 1926
Automatic Electric acquires American Electric and Monarch Telephone
AT&T Annual Report, 1927
AT&T Annual Report, 1928
Things Worth Knowing About The Telephone
AT&T Annual Report, 1929
A Desert Span, Building Trunk Telephone Lines (AT&T)
A Desert Span, Building Trunk Telephone Lines (AT&T)
The Tele Skater Girls
The Tele Skater Girls
AT&T Annual Report, 1930
Phone Pioneers Talk Telephone
Phone Pioneers Talk Telephone
AT&T Annual Report, 1931
AT&T Annual Report, 1932
AT&T Annual Report, 1933
AT&T Annual Report, 1934
Communications Act of 1934
Communications Act of 1934
AT&T Annual Report, 1935
AT&T Annual Report, 1936
The Birth and Babyhood Of the Telephone, By Thomas Watson
AT&T Annual Report, 1937
The Story of Western Electric
AT&T Annual Report, 1938
The Voice of the City (Operators)
The Voice of the City (Operators)
Operator! 1938 video profiling operators.
Operator! 1938 video profiling operators.
National Federation of Telephone Workers (NFTW) formed
National Federation of Telephone Workers (NFTW) formed
AT&T Annual Report, 1939
From The Far Corners of the Earth
AT&T Annual Report, 1940
AT&T Annual Report, 1941
Operators on cover of Saturday Evening Post
Operators on cover of Saturday Evening Post
Western Electric halts phone production to produce wartime systems (e.g. radar)
Western Electric halts phone production to produce wartime systems (e.g. radar)
AT&T Annual Report, 1942
AT&T Annual Report, 1943
Newfoundland Long Lines, a WWII Film (U.S. Army / AT&T)
Newfoundland Long Lines, a WWII Film (U.S. Army / AT&T)
War and the Telephone (AT&T)
War and the Telephone (AT&T)
AT&T Annual Report, 1944
'War still needs the wires' ad
'War still needs the wires' ad
AT&T Annual Report, 1945
A Half-Century of Service
AT&T Annual Report, 1946
Working on a rush job.
Working on a rush job.
AT&T Annual Report, 1947
A Million Times a Day
A Million Times a Day
England recruits telephone operators amid postwar shortage
England recruits telephone operators amid postwar shortage
1947 NFTW telephone strike
1947 NFTW telephone strike
Communication Workers of America (CWA) formed
Communication Workers of America (CWA) formed
AT&T Annual Report, 1948
Movie Theater Newsreel (AT&T)
Movie Theater Newsreel (AT&T)
Crystal Clear
Crystal Clear
Automatic Electric acquires Gray Manufacturing Co.
Automatic Electric acquires Gray Manufacturing Co.
Telephone lineman on cover of Saturday Evening Post
Telephone lineman on cover of Saturday Evening Post
AT&T Annual Report 1949
Instructional film for operators
Instructional film for operators
AT&T Annual Report 1950
Cable to Cuba, Laying Undersea Cable (AT&T)
Cable to Cuba, Laying Undersea Cable (AT&T)
AT&T Annual Report 1951
Strowger Automatic: A Sixty Year Report
AT&T Annual Report 1952
IT&T acquires Kellogg
IT&T acquires Kellogg
AT&T Annual Report 1953
'Sally doesnt solder anymore' ad
'Sally doesnt solder anymore' ad
'Making dials' ad
'Making dials' ad
The Story of Western Electric
AT&T Annual Report 1954
Refurbishing pay phones ad
Refurbishing pay phones ad
The History of Lincoln Tel.
This is Automatic Electric
AT&T Annual Report 1955
GTE Acquires Automatic Electric
GTE Acquires Automatic Electric
AT&T Annual Report 1956
Transatlantic telephone cable (TAT-1)
Transatlantic telephone cable (TAT-1)
AT&T Annual Report 1957
AT&T Annual Report 1958
AT&T Annual Report 1959
Cable to the Continent, the Second Transatlantic Telephone Cable (AT&T)
Cable to the Continent, the Second Transatlantic Telephone Cable (AT&T)
AT&T Annual Report 1960
AT&T Annual Report 1961
The Far Sound, a History of Long Distance Communications (AT&T)
The Far Sound, a History of Long Distance Communications (AT&T)
AT&T Annual Report 1962
AT&T Annual Report 1963
AT&T Annual Report 1964
TPC-1: First transpacific telephone cable
INTELSAT founded for global satellite communications
INTELSAT founded for global satellite communications
Bell Canada acquires Northern Electric
AT&T Annual Report 1965
AT&T Annual Report 1966
AT&T Annual Report 1967
The Astonishing, Unfailing Bell System
The Astonishing, Unfailing Bell System
Nokia Corporation formed by three-way merger
AT&T Annual Report 1968
AT&T Annual Report 1969
Pollution (Western Electric)
Pollution (Western Electric)
AT&T Annual Report 1970
London Telephone Exchange
London Telephone Exchange
AT&T Annual Report 1971
AT&T Annual Report 1972
AT&T Annual Report, 1973
AT&T Annual Report, 1974
Careers: Service Representative (AT&T)
Careers: Service Representative (AT&T)
Careers: Line Worker (AT&T)
Careers: Line Worker (AT&T)
Careers: Toll Operator (AT&T)
Careers: Toll Operator (AT&T)
Carol Burnett: Phone Operator
Carol Burnett: Phone Operator
AT&T Annual Report 1975
AT&T Annual Report 1976
AT&T Annual Report 1977
Design Line Promo (AT&T)
Design Line Promo (AT&T)
AT&T Annual Report, 1978
Telephone Office Planning and Engineering System (Bell Labs)
Telephone Office Planning and Engineering System (Bell Labs)
The Copper Trail (AT&T)
The Copper Trail (AT&T)
AT&T Annual Report, 1979
Tour of AT&T's Network Operations Center (AT&T)
Tour of AT&T's Network Operations Center (AT&T)
How Pacific Bell Prepared for West Coast Earthquakes
How Pacific Bell Prepared for West Coast Earthquakes
AT&T Annual Report, 1980
We Make Telephones (Western Electric)
We Make Telephones (Western Electric)
AT&T Annual Report, 1981
British Telecom separates from Post Office
British Telecom separates from Post Office
AT&T Annual Report, 1982
AT&T's workforce peaks at 1,009,000
AT&T's workforce peaks at 1,009,000
AT&T antitrust settlement
AT&T antitrust settlement
Judge Greene orders breakup of Bell System
AT&T Annual Report, 1983
1983 Telephone Strike
1983 Telephone Strike
Designing, Building and Testing the Trimline Phone (AT&T)
Designing, Building and Testing the Trimline Phone (AT&T)
NTT privatized in Japan
NTT privatized in Japan
McCaw builds the largest U.S. cellular carrier
French PTT becomes France Telecom
Deutsche Telekom AG becomes independent company
Northern Telecom becomes Nortel
Telecommunications Act of 1996
NEC Company History