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Reis' telephone
1861 Reis' telephone event
109 Court St, Boston (Charles Williams Jr.'s shop)
1870 109 Court St, Boston (Charles Williams Jr.'s shop)
Elisha Gray and Enos Barton incorporate Western Electric, with $ from Western Union
1872 Elisha Gray and Enos Barton incorporate Western Electric, with $ from Western U… event
Western Union contracts with Thomas Edison and Elisha Gray to solve telegraph multiplexing
1873 Western Union contracts with Thomas Edison and Elisha Gray to solve telegraph m…
Alexander Graham Bell realizes that sound can be transmitted as a continuous electrical wave.
1875 Alexander Graham Bell realizes that sound can be transmitted as a continuous el… event
Bell's patent
1876 Bell's patent event
First Ericsson logo
1876 First Ericsson logo event
Bell's stock certificate in the new company
1877 Bell's stock certificate in the new company event
Berliner develops improved telephone transmitter (microphone)
1877 Berliner develops improved telephone transmitter (microphone) event
Bell and Watson stage public exhibitions of the telephone
1877 Bell and Watson stage public exhibitions of the telephone event
First telephone central office
1877 First telephone central office event
Thomas Sanders' original Bell Telephone stock certificate
1877 Thomas Sanders' original Bell Telephone stock certificate event
Swedish telephone ad
1877 Swedish telephone ad
Bell telephone roadshow ad
1877 Bell telephone roadshow ad
Bell Telephone Co. becomes National Bell Telephone
1879 Bell Telephone Co. becomes National Bell Telephone event
Western Union building
1879 Western Union building event
Bell acquires Edison's carbon button amplifier microphone patents from Western Union
1879 Bell acquires Edison's carbon button amplifier microphone patents from Western … event
National Bell Telephone Co. becomes American Bell Telephone Co.
1880 National Bell Telephone Co. becomes American Bell Telephone Co. event
New York's central telephone exchange office
1880 New York's central telephone exchange office event
Sise founds Bell Telephone Company of Canada
1880 Sise founds Bell Telephone Company of Canada event
Ordinary Bell telephone
1880 Ordinary Bell telephone
French engraving with early Bell phones
1880 French engraving with early Bell phones
1880
Bell Canada stock certificate
1880 Bell Canada stock certificate
Operators working at a 'pyramid' switchboard
1881 Operators working at a 'pyramid' switchboard event
Bell acquires Western Electric to become its manufacturing subsidiary.
1881 Bell acquires Western Electric to become its manufacturing subsidiary. event
1881 ad in Boston phone directory
1881 1881 ad in Boston phone directory
National Telephone Company logo
1881 National Telephone Company logo event
Operators at Boston's Tremont St central office
1883 Operators at Boston's Tremont St central office event
Stockholms Allmänna Telefonaktiebolaget logo
1883 Stockholms Allmänna Telefonaktiebolaget logo
Moses Parker N.E. Tel reissued stock certificate
1883 Moses Parker N.E. Tel reissued stock certificate event
Ericsson's Tulegatan factory
1884 Ericsson's Tulegatan factory event
Acoustic telephone ad
1886 Acoustic telephone ad
Gray patents the coin-operated payphone mechanism
1889 Gray patents the coin-operated payphone mechanism event
Ericsson male employees org chart
1889 Ericsson male employees org chart
Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
1891 Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded event
Bell long distance circuits map
1891 Bell long distance circuits map
Ericsson ad
1891 Ericsson ad
1892
First New York to Chicago phone call
1892 First New York to Chicago phone call event
First 'common battery' central office system installed, in Lexington, Massachusetts
1893 First 'common battery' central office system installed, in Lexington, Massachus… event
Lines going into the back of switchboards in Los Angeles central office
1894 Lines going into the back of switchboards in Los Angeles central office event
National Telephone Ad
1895 National Telephone Ad
Strowger Ad
1895 Strowger Ad
Tucker Telephone Ad
1895 Tucker Telephone Ad
Viaduct Telephone Ad
1895 Viaduct Telephone Ad
Columbia Dry Cell Battery introduced, making liquid phone batteries obsolete
1896 Columbia Dry Cell Battery introduced, making liquid phone batteries obsolete event
Groeneveld ad
1896 Groeneveld ad
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Co. logo
1897 Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Co. logo event
Auto Tele Switch Ad
1898 Auto Tele Switch Ad
Viaduct Ad December
1898 Viaduct Ad December
AT&T long distance advertising (pocket map cover)
1898 AT&T long distance advertising (pocket map cover)
Allen-Hussey ad
1898 Allen-Hussey ad
1899
1899
Connecticut Potbelly Ad
1899 Connecticut Potbelly Ad
Victor Telephone Ad
1899 Victor Telephone Ad
Victor Telephone Ad 2
1899 Victor Telephone Ad 2
Pupin loading coils patented
1900 Pupin loading coils patented event
Century Desk Set Ad
1900 Century Desk Set Ad
American Electric Potbelly Ad
1900 American Electric Potbelly Ad
Hipwell Telephone Ad
1900 Hipwell Telephone Ad
Clark Automatic Ad
1901 Clark Automatic Ad
Haines Noyes Electric Ad
1901 Haines Noyes Electric Ad
Russell Tomlinson Elect. Ad
1901 Russell Tomlinson Elect. Ad
1902
Kellogg Ad
1902 Kellogg Ad
American Electric Ad
1902 American Electric Ad
Clark Automatic Ad
1902 Clark Automatic Ad
Ness Automatic Ad
1902 Ness Automatic Ad
Russell Tomlinson Potbelly Ad
1902 Russell Tomlinson Potbelly Ad
Sterling Telephones Ad
1902 Sterling Telephones Ad
Stromberg Carlson Ad
1902 Stromberg Carlson Ad
Viaduct Telephones Ad
1902 Viaduct Telephones Ad
International Tapered Shaft Ad
1903 International Tapered Shaft Ad
Victor Telephone Ad
1903 Victor Telephone Ad
Swedish American Transmitter Ad
1903 Swedish American Transmitter Ad
Automatic Electric Dial Telephone Ad
1904 Automatic Electric Dial Telephone Ad
Farr Telephone Magazine Ad
1905 Farr Telephone Magazine Ad
Audion triode vacuum tube, 1908
1906 Audion triode vacuum tube, 1908 event
Strowger post card
1906 Strowger post card
1907
1907
1907
Taft learning he's been nominated for president
1908 Taft learning he's been nominated for president
1908
Western Electric Hawthorne Works
1908 Western Electric Hawthorne Works event
Western Electric Hawthorne Works
1908 Western Electric Hawthorne Works
Girl on phone
1909 Girl on phone event
Lincoln Telephone Office in Nebraska
1909 Lincoln Telephone Office in Nebraska
Strowger factory
1909 Strowger factory
1909
Switchboard training, in Denver
1910 Switchboard training, in Denver
French PTT sign
1910 French PTT sign event
Pacific Telephone ad
1911 Pacific Telephone ad
Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
1912 Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
SF's first telephone exchange (33 Grant Ave)
1912 SF's first telephone exchange (33 Grant Ave)
1913
Western Electric logo
1914 Western Electric logo
Western Electric ad
1915 Western Electric ad
American suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson on the phone
1915 American suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson on the phone
Garford Ad From Telephony
1916 Garford Ad From Telephony
1917
AE PAX ad
1919 AE PAX ad
Automatic Electric ad
1921 Automatic Electric ad
Monarch Candlestick Ad
1921 Monarch Candlestick Ad
AT&T truck leaving 195 Broadway carrying shareholder dividend payments
1922 AT&T truck leaving 195 Broadway carrying shareholder dividend payments
Kellogg Ad
1922 Kellogg Ad
Leich Telephones Ad
1922 Leich Telephones Ad
Monarch Telephone Ad
1922 Monarch Telephone Ad
C&P Telephone repair shop
1925 C&P Telephone repair shop event
Bell Labs building in NYC
1925 Bell Labs building in NYC event
New York Telephone building at 140 West Street
1927 New York Telephone building at 140 West Street
Fuld phone ad
1927 Fuld phone ad
Stan Laurel promo photo
1928 Stan Laurel promo photo
The U.S. has most of the world's telephones
1929 The U.S. has most of the world's telephones event
Chicago-Messenger-Girls-on-Roller-Skates
1929 Chicago-Messenger-Girls-on-Roller-Skates
AE 1A color brochure
1929 AE 1A color brochure
'Call by number' ad
1929 'Call by number' ad
Anti-sidetone circuit developed
1930 Anti-sidetone circuit developed event
Western Electric Hawthorne Works
1930 Western Electric Hawthorne Works
AT&T World Radio Telephone Chart
1930 AT&T World Radio Telephone Chart
Submarine cable ad
1930 Submarine cable ad
He is calling you ad
1932 He is calling you ad
Map of Bell System Overseas Telephone Circuits
1933 Map of Bell System Overseas Telephone Circuits
'The multiplication of you' ad
1933 'The multiplication of you' ad
Communications Act of 1934
1934 Communications Act of 1934 event
AE 34 color brochure
1934 AE 34 color brochure
GPO phone ad
1934 GPO phone ad
Night rates to Europe
1935 Night rates to Europe
Buy a phone call ad
1935 Buy a phone call ad
Paris long distance central office
1936 Paris long distance central office
Special Sunday Rates
1936 Special Sunday Rates
Conference calling service
1936 Conference calling service
British Dictograph ad
1936 British Dictograph ad
Long Distance Rate Reductions
1937 Long Distance Rate Reductions
AT&T coaxial trunkline cross-section, 1949
1938 AT&T coaxial trunkline cross-section, 1949 event
Operators at 1939 World's Fair
1939 Operators at 1939 World's Fair
'Big in value' ad
1939 'Big in value' ad
Conference Telephone Service ad
1939 Conference Telephone Service ad
AE 40 color brochure
1940 AE 40 color brochure
Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
1941 Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
Bell Labs moves to Murray Hill, NJ
1941 Bell Labs moves to Murray Hill, NJ event
Operators on cover of Saturday Evening Post
1941 Operators on cover of Saturday Evening Post event
Long Lines office in New York
1941 Long Lines office in New York
Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
1942 Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
'Dont blame us, blame the war' ad
1942 'Dont blame us, blame the war' ad
London overseas telephone office for American GI's
1944 London overseas telephone office for American GI's
Pie chart of Western Electric wartime production
1944 Pie chart of Western Electric wartime production
'War still needs the wires' ad
1944 'War still needs the wires' ad
Dictograph intercom ad
1944 Dictograph intercom ad
Harry Truman on the phone
1945 Harry Truman on the phone
Potsdam conference operators
1945 Potsdam conference operators
'From factory to foxhole' ad
1945 'From factory to foxhole' ad
First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
1946 First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis event
'How many million times' ad
1946 'How many million times' ad
Working on a rush job.
1946 Working on a rush job.
Take a letter from A to Z
1946 Take a letter from A to Z
Hose-McCann ships telephone ad
1946 Hose-McCann ships telephone ad
James Stewart and Ned Sparks
1947 James Stewart and Ned Sparks
England recruits telephone operators amid postwar shortage
1947 England recruits telephone operators amid postwar shortage event
1947 NFTW telephone strike
1947 1947 NFTW telephone strike event
England catches up with postwar telephone demand
1948 England catches up with postwar telephone demand event
Telephone lineman on cover of Saturday Evening Post
1948 Telephone lineman on cover of Saturday Evening Post event
Bell System ad
1948 Bell System ad
Irving Penn photo
1949 Irving Penn photo event
Model 302s in color!
1949 Model 302s in color!
Edison televoice writer ad
1951 Edison televoice writer ad
IT&T acquires Kellogg
1952 IT&T acquires Kellogg event
Telephone truck ad
1952 Telephone truck ad
Audrey Hepburn
1953 Audrey Hepburn
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953 How to Marry a Millionaire
'Sally doesnt solder anymore' ad
1953 'Sally doesnt solder anymore' ad
'Making dials' ad
1953 'Making dials' ad
Hitchcock movie promo with GPO rotary phone
1954 Hitchcock movie promo with GPO rotary phone
Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
1954 Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
Bettie Page
1954 Bettie Page
Testing new colors ad
1954 Testing new colors ad
Refurbishing pay phones ad
1954 Refurbishing pay phones ad
'Inside the phone' ad
1955 'Inside the phone' ad
Lighted dial ad
1955 Lighted dial ad
Transatlantic telephone cable (TAT-1)
1956 Transatlantic telephone cable (TAT-1) event
Bell solar battery ad
1956 Bell solar battery ad
New colors ad
1956 New colors ad
'Telephone worldwide' ad
1957 'Telephone worldwide' ad
'Convenience in color' ad
1957 'Convenience in color' ad
'Its fun to talk by telephone' ad
1957 'Its fun to talk by telephone' ad
Calling on German payphone
1957 Calling on German payphone
'Elegance for eloquence' ad
1958 'Elegance for eloquence' ad
Long Distance operators in Omaha, Nebraska
1959 Long Distance operators in Omaha, Nebraska
Early Princess ad
1959 Early Princess ad
Ericofon ad
1959 Ericofon ad
Ad for 'Tomorrows Telephones'
1959 Ad for 'Tomorrows Telephones'
Natalie Wood on the phone
1960 Natalie Wood on the phone
Christmas ad
1960 Christmas ad
New public phones ad
1960 New public phones ad
Call director ad
1960 Call director ad
Princess phone ad
1961 Princess phone ad
Princess ad
1961 Princess ad
Schmoo phone ad
1961 Schmoo phone ad
Bell system ad
1962 Bell system ad
'Practical and pretty too' ad
1962 'Practical and pretty too' ad
'All the busy executives' ad
1962 'All the busy executives' ad
Anne Margaret in By Bye Birdie
1963 Anne Margaret in By Bye Birdie
'Never needs repair' ad
1963 'Never needs repair' ad
Evening calling ad
1964 Evening calling ad
Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone (Mod I) call
1965 Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone (Mod I) call event
Extension phones ad
1965 Extension phones ad
Ericofon ad
1965 Ericofon ad
Touch tone ad
1965 Touch tone ad
1965 advertisement for the Bell System
1965 1965 advertisement for the Bell System
AT&T corporate image ad
1966 AT&T corporate image ad
AT&T corporate image ad
1966 AT&T corporate image ad
911 dispatch center, Jackson, Tennessee
1967 911 dispatch center, Jackson, Tennessee event
Trimline wall ad
1967 Trimline wall ad
Trimline ad
1967 Trimline ad
Grillo ad
1967 Grillo ad
The Next Phone ad
1968 The Next Phone ad
Ericofoon PTT Sale ad
1968 Ericofoon PTT Sale ad
Grillo phone ad
1968 Grillo phone ad
Grillo ad
1968 Grillo ad
'Plugless' digital operator stations (TSPS), in Morristown NJ
1969 'Plugless' digital operator stations (TSPS), in Morristown NJ event
Contempra ad
1969 Contempra ad
Contempra ad
1969 Contempra ad
Contempra ad
1969 Contempra ad
Contempra ad
1969 Contempra ad
Brigitte Bardot
1970 Brigitte Bardot
1970
Picturephone ad
1970 Picturephone ad
Bill Blass on the phone
1971 Bill Blass on the phone event
Contempra Ad
1971 Contempra Ad
Contempra ad
1971 Contempra ad
Contempra ad
1971 Contempra ad
Carl Bernstein on the phone at the Washington Post
1973 Carl Bernstein on the phone at the Washington Post event
Bob Woodward on the phone at the Washington Post
1974 Bob Woodward on the phone at the Washington Post event
Jane Birkin
1974 Jane Birkin
Fiber optic telephone transmission
1975 Fiber optic telephone transmission
The famous Manhattan phone book cover
1975 The famous Manhattan phone book cover event
Trimline ad
1976 Trimline ad
JImmy Carter talking with the British PM
1977 JImmy Carter talking with the British PM
Phone Thing
1977 Phone Thing
First cellular test network
1978 First cellular test network event
Reach Out ad
1979 Reach Out ad
Reach Out ad
1979 Reach Out ad
Phone Mate 930 ad
1979 Phone Mate 930 ad
Reach Out ad
1980 Reach Out ad
Reach Out ad
1980 Reach Out ad
Reach Out ad
1980 Reach Out ad
Siemens logo
1980 Siemens logo event
Reach Out ad
1982 Reach Out ad
1983 Telephone Strike
1983 1983 Telephone Strike event
NTT privatized in Japan
1985 NTT privatized in Japan event
Garfield phone ad
1985 Garfield phone ad
Joan Cusack in Broadcast News
1987 Joan Cusack in Broadcast News
President Bush talks to the space shuttle Columbia
1989 President Bush talks to the space shuttle Columbia
Clinton in the oval office
1994 Clinton in the oval office
Kellogg ad
Kellogg ad
National Federation of Telephone Workers (NFTW) strike
National Federation of Telephone Workers (NFTW) strike event
Communication Workers of America (CWA) formed
Communication Workers of America (CWA) formed event
"Hello"
"Hello"
AT&T / Bell System logo
AT&T / Bell System logo
Chicago Telephone Supply logo
Chicago Telephone Supply logo
IT&T logo
IT&T logo
L.M. Ericsson logo
L.M. Ericsson logo
MCI logo
MCI logo
General Post Office/BT logo
General Post Office/BT logo
iskra logo
iskra logo
The Bell Telephone Building in Montreal
The Bell Telephone Building in Montreal
American Electric stock certificate
American Electric stock certificate
Krone Compact 1000 ad
Krone Compact 1000 ad