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Pac Tel 1912: Outside plant construction

Slideshow: 57 photos

Pac Tel 1912: Outside plant construction

Pac Tel 1912: Central Office Scenes

Slideshow: 49 photos

Pac Tel 1912: Central Office Scenes

Pac Tel 1912: Buildings and Vehicles

Slideshow: 20 photos

Pac Tel 1912: Buildings and Vehicles

Bell System Stats 1925-1940

Slideshow: 36 photos

Bell System Stats 1925-1940

Telephone co. stock certificates

Slideshow: 25 photos

Telephone co. stock certificates

Telephone Exchanges of the World, 1913

Slideshow: 27 photos

Telephone Exchanges of the World, 1913

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)

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

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

Sanders' original Bell stock certificate

1877 Sanders' original Bell stock certificate event

Swedish telephone

1877 Swedish telephone

Bell telephone roadshow

1877 Bell telephone roadshow

George Coy / Connecticut District Tel.

1877 George Coy / Connecticut District Tel.

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

American Bell Telephone stock certificate

1880 American Bell Telephone stock certificate 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

Bell turns his focus to the Photophone

1880 Bell turns his focus to the Photophone event

Ordinary Bell telephone

1880 Ordinary Bell telephone

French engraving with early Bell phones

1880 French engraving with early Bell phones

American Bell stock certificate

1880 American Bell stock certificate

Bell Canada stock certificate

1880 Bell Canada stock certificate

Western Union Charleston West Virginia office, 1880

1880 Western Union Charleston West Virginia office, 1880

Operators working at 'pyramid' switchboard

1881 Operators working at 'pyramid' switchboard event

1881 ad in Boston phone directory

1881 1881 ad in Boston phone directory

1881 National Telephone Company logo event

1882 Bell Telephone Manufacturing Company (BTMC) logo event

Operators at Boston's Tremont St central office

1883 Operators at Boston's Tremont St central office

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

1886 Acoustic telephone

Gray patents the coin-operated payphone mechanism

1889 Gray patents the coin-operated payphone mechanism event

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

1891 Ericsson

Mutual Tel stock certificate

1892 Mutual Tel stock certificate

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 LA central office

1894 Lines going into the back of switchboards in LA central office

Independent shield sign

1894 Independent shield sign event

National Telephone

1895 National Telephone

Strowger

1895 Strowger

Tucker Telephone

1895 Tucker Telephone

Viaduct Telephone

1895 Viaduct Telephone

Columbia Dry Cell Battery introduced, making liquid phone batteries obsolete

1896 Columbia Dry Cell Battery introduced, making liquid phone batteries obsolete event

Groeneveld

1896 Groeneveld

1897 Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Co. logo event

Auto Tele Switch

1898 Auto Tele Switch

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

1898 Allen-Hussey

Pasadena, CA's first telephone exchange

1898 Pasadena, CA's first telephone exchange

Colorado Tel stock certificate

1899 Colorado Tel stock certificate

Zenith City Tel stock certificate

1899 Zenith City Tel stock certificate

Connecticut Potbelly

1899 Connecticut Potbelly

Victor Telephone

1899 Victor Telephone

Victor Telephone Ad 2

1899 Victor Telephone Ad 2

1899 AT&T logo circa 1900 event

LA's first pay station 228 S. Spring Street

1899 LA's first pay station 228 S. Spring Street event

Pupin loading coils patented

1900 Pupin loading coils patented event

Century Desk Set

1900 Century Desk Set

American Electric Potbelly

1900 American Electric Potbelly

Hipwell Telephone

1900 Hipwell Telephone

Clark Automatic

1901 Clark Automatic

Haines Noyes Electric

1901 Haines Noyes Electric

Russell Tomlinson Elect.

1901 Russell Tomlinson Elect.

Kellogg

1902 Kellogg

Black River Tel stock certificate

1902 Black River Tel stock certificate

Kellogg

1902 Kellogg

American Electric

1902 American Electric

Clark Automatic

1902 Clark Automatic

Ness Automatic

1902 Ness Automatic

Russell Tomlinson Potbelly

1902 Russell Tomlinson Potbelly

Sterling Telephones

1902 Sterling Telephones

Stromberg Carlson

1902 Stromberg Carlson

Viaduct Telephones

1902 Viaduct Telephones

Kellogg receiver ad

1902 Kellogg receiver ad

International Tapered Shaft

1903 International Tapered Shaft

Victor Telephone

1903 Victor Telephone

Swedish American Transmitter

1903 Swedish American Transmitter

Automatic Electric Dial Telephone

1904 Automatic Electric Dial Telephone

1904 Sunset Telephone 1904 logo

1904 Pacific States Telephone 1904 logo

North Electric ad for farms and ranches

1904 North Electric ad for farms and ranches

Farr Telephone Magazine

1905 Farr Telephone Magazine

Operators in Charleston, West Virginia, 1905

1905 Operators in Charleston, West Virginia, 1905

Audion triode vacuum tube, 1908

1906 Audion triode vacuum tube, 1908 event

Strowger post card

1906 Strowger post card

1907

Crested Butte stock certificate

1907 Crested Butte stock certificate

Routt Country Telephone stock certificate

1907 Routt Country Telephone stock certificate

Kid on phone

1907 Kid on phone

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

Collins Wireless Tel stock certificate

1909 Collins Wireless Tel stock certificate

Delivering phone directories in 1910

1910 Delivering phone directories in 1910

Switchboard training, in Denver

1910 Switchboard training, in Denver

French PTT sign

1910 French PTT sign event

Pacific Telephone

1911 Pacific Telephone

Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president

1912 Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president

Siemens begins laying the Rhineland cable

1912 Siemens begins laying the Rhineland cable event

GPO takes over entire UK telephone network

1912 GPO takes over entire UK telephone network event

SF's first telephone exchange (33 Grant Ave)

1912 SF's first telephone exchange (33 Grant Ave)

U.S. drops antitrust suit against AT&T, essentially cementing its quasi-monopoly

1913 U.S. drops antitrust suit against AT&T, essentially cementing its quasi-monopoly event

Mountain Valley Telephone stock certificate

1913 Mountain Valley Telephone stock certificate

Western Union stock certificate

1913 Western Union stock certificate event

1914 Western Electric logo

Montana Independent Telephone

1914 Montana Independent Telephone

Western Electric

1915 Western Electric

Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson

1915 Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson

Garford Ad From Telephony

1916 Garford Ad From Telephony

Northampton Tel stock certificate

1917 Northampton Tel stock certificate

Starting a Telephone Talk

1917 Starting a Telephone Talk

Concentrate While Telephoning

1917 Concentrate While Telephoning

When To Ask For INformation

1917 When To Ask For INformation

Sharing Your Telephone

1917 Sharing Your Telephone

Kellogg No. 97 ad

1918 Kellogg No. 97 ad

Stromberg-Carlson ad

1918 Stromberg-Carlson ad

AE PAX

1919 AE PAX

Farmers Mutual Telephone stock certificate

1919 Farmers Mutual Telephone stock certificate

Automatic Electric

1921 Automatic Electric

Monarch Candlestick

1921 Monarch Candlestick

AT&T truck leaving 195 Broadway carrying shareholder dividend payments

1922 AT&T truck leaving 195 Broadway carrying shareholder dividend payments

Kellogg

1922 Kellogg

Leich Telephones

1922 Leich Telephones

Monarch Telephone

1922 Monarch Telephone

Western Union telegraph operator

1923 Western Union telegraph operator

C&P Telephone repair shop

1925 C&P Telephone repair shop event

Bell Labs building in NYC

1925 Bell Labs building in NYC event

Fuld & Co Telephone and Telegraph Works

1926 Fuld & Co Telephone and Telegraph Works

New York Telephone building at 140 West Street

1927 New York Telephone building at 140 West Street

First transatlantic phone calls, using radio signals

1927 First transatlantic phone calls, using radio signals event

Fuld phone

1927 Fuld phone

Stan Laurel promo pic

1928 Stan Laurel promo pic

Building for expanding telephone demand, 1928

1928 Building for expanding telephone demand, 1928

The U.S. has most of the world's telephones

1929 The U.S. has most of the world's telephones event

Chicago Central Office Roller Skates

1929 Chicago Central Office Roller Skates

AE 1A color brochure

1929 AE 1A color brochure

'Call by number'

1929 'Call by number'

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

1930 Submarine cable

Telephone vs. Airplane

1930 Telephone vs. Airplane

He is calling you

1932 He is calling you

Map of Bell System Overseas Telephone Circuits

1933 Map of Bell System Overseas Telephone Circuits

'The multiplication of you'

1933 'The multiplication of you'

Communications Act of 1934

1934 Communications Act of 1934 event

AE 34 color brochure

1934 AE 34 color brochure

GPO phone

1934 GPO phone

Woman using pay phone 1930s

1934 Woman using pay phone 1930s event

Salvador Dali makes dial compact for Elsa Schiaparelli

1935 Salvador Dali makes dial compact for Elsa Schiaparelli event

Night rates to Europe

1935 Night rates to Europe

Buy a phone call

1935 Buy a phone call

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

1936 British Dictograph

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'

1939 'Big in value'

Conference Telephone Service

1939 Conference Telephone Service

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'

1942 'Dont blame us, blame the war'

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'

1944 'War still needs the wires'

Dictograph intercom

1944 Dictograph intercom

Harry Truman

1945 Harry Truman

Telex service spreads around the world

1945 Telex service spreads around the world event

Potsdam conference operators

1945 Potsdam conference operators

'From factory to foxhole'

1945 'From factory to foxhole'

First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis

1946 First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis event

'How many million times'

1946 'How many million times'

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

1946 Hose-McCann ships telephone

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

C&P Telephone postwar recruiting ad

1947 C&P Telephone postwar recruiting ad

Kellogg Select-O-Phone ad

1947 Kellogg Select-O-Phone ad

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

1948 Bell System

Irving Penn photo

1949 Irving Penn photo event

Model 302s in color!

1949 Model 302s in color!

Edison televoice writer

1951 Edison televoice writer

IT&T acquires Kellogg

1952 IT&T acquires Kellogg event

Telephone truck

1952 Telephone truck

Audrey Hepburn

1953 Audrey Hepburn

How to Marry a Millionaire

1953 How to Marry a Millionaire

'Sally doesnt solder anymore'

1953 'Sally doesnt solder anymore'

'Making dials'

1953 'Making dials'

Hitchcock movie promo pic

1954 Hitchcock movie promo pic

Elizabeth Taylor promo pic

1954 Elizabeth Taylor promo pic

Bettie Page

1954 Bettie Page

Testing new colors

1954 Testing new colors

Refurbishing pay phones

1954 Refurbishing pay phones

GTE Acquires Automatic Electric

1955 GTE Acquires Automatic Electric event

'Inside the phone'

1955 'Inside the phone'

Lighted dial

1955 Lighted dial

Transatlantic telephone cable (TAT-1)

1956 Transatlantic telephone cable (TAT-1) event

Bell solar battery

1956 Bell solar battery

New colors

1956 New colors

'Telephone worldwide'

1957 'Telephone worldwide'

'Convenience in color'

1957 'Convenience in color'

'Its fun to talk by telephone'

1957 'Its fun to talk by telephone'

Calling on German payphone

1957 Calling on German payphone

TN service counter

1957 TN service counter

'Elegance for eloquence'

1958 'Elegance for eloquence'

Long Distance operators in Omaha

1959 Long Distance operators in Omaha

Early Princess

1959 Early Princess

Ericofon

1959 Ericofon

Ad for 'Tomorrows Telephones'

1959 Ad for 'Tomorrows Telephones'

Natalie Wood on the phone

1960 Natalie Wood on the phone

Automatic (no operator) Telex service launches in England

1960 Automatic (no operator) Telex service launches in England event

Christmas

1960 Christmas

New public phones

1960 New public phones

Call director

1960 Call director

Promo photo for area codes and direct dialing

1960 Promo photo for area codes and direct dialing

Princess phone

1961 Princess phone

Princess

1961 Princess

Schmoo phone

1961 Schmoo phone

Bell system

1962 Bell system

'Practical and pretty too'

1962 'Practical and pretty too'

'All the busy executives'

1962 'All the busy executives'

Anne Margaret in By Bye Birdie

1963 Anne Margaret in By Bye Birdie

'Never needs repair'

1963 'Never needs repair'

Evening calling

1964 Evening calling

Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call

1965 Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call event

Extension phones

1965 Extension phones

Ericofon

1965 Ericofon

Touch tone

1965 Touch tone

Bell System

1965 Bell System

AT&T corporate image

1966 AT&T corporate image

AT&T corporate image

1966 AT&T corporate image

Trimline wall

1967 Trimline wall

Trimline

1967 Trimline

Grillo

1967 Grillo

The Next Phone

1968 The Next Phone

Ericofoon PTT Sale

1968 Ericofoon PTT Sale

Grillo phone

1968 Grillo phone

Grillo

1968 Grillo

'Plugless' digital operator stations (TSPS), in Morristown NJ

1969 'Plugless' digital operator stations (TSPS), in Morristown NJ event

Contempra

1969 Contempra

Contempra

1969 Contempra

Contempra

1969 Contempra

Contempra

1969 Contempra

Brigitte Bardot

1970 Brigitte Bardot

Indiana Bell stock certificate

1970 Indiana Bell stock certificate

Picturephone

1970 Picturephone

Bill Blass

1971 Bill Blass event

Contempra

1971 Contempra

Contempra

1971 Contempra

Contempra

1971 Contempra

Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post

1973 Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post event

Ring Ring album cover

1973 Ring Ring album cover

Bob Woodward at the Washington Post

1974 Bob Woodward 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

1976 Trimline

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

1979 Reach Out

Reach Out

1979 Reach Out

Phone Mate 930

1979 Phone Mate 930

Reach Out

1980 Reach Out

Reach Out

1980 Reach Out

Reach Out

1980 Reach Out

1980 Siemens logo event

1981 British Telecom logo event

AT&T antitrust settlement

1982 AT&T antitrust settlement event

Reach Out

1982 Reach Out

1983 Telephone Strike

1983 1983 Telephone Strike event

NTT privatized in Japan

1985 NTT privatized in Japan event

Garfield phone

1985 Garfield phone

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

Gray and Barton team early 1870s

Gray and Barton team early 1870s

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"

ITT stock certificate

ITT stock certificate

Connecticut Tel stock certificate

Connecticut Tel stock certificate

Leadville Tel stock certificate

Leadville Tel stock certificate

Pacific Telephone stock certificate

Pacific Telephone stock certificate

Coast Line Telephone stock certificate

Coast Line Telephone stock certificate

AT&T / Bell System logo

Chicago Telephone Supply logo

IT&T logo

L.M. Ericsson logo

MCI logo

General Post Office/BT 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

Krone Compact 1000

New England Telephone logo

Gray Pay Station stock certificate

Gray Pay Station stock certificate

Kings Cross Telephone Exchange, London

Kings Cross Telephone Exchange, London