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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
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 event
'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
Model 302s in color!
1949 Model 302s in color!