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AE 90 Color Examples
AE 90 Color Examples
Automatic Electric
Bell Labs Prototype Field Trial Demitasse set
Bell Labs Prototype Field Trial Demitasse set
Bell Labs Western Electric
Bob Staples (Eames Office) compact phone prototype
Bob Staples (Eames Office) compact phone prototype
Elvis Presley’s Gold Plated Graceland Telephone
Elvis Presley’s Gold Plated Graceland Telephone
Western Electric
Fulgencio Batista's Golden Phone
Fulgencio Batista's Golden Phone
Western Electric
Improved echo suppressors deployed
PDF: AE 1957 catalog
AE 1957 catalog
Ad: 'Telephone worldwide'
'Telephone worldwide'
Photo: Calling on German payphone
Calling on German payphone
Video: Is Your Phone Tapped?
Is Your Phone Tapped?
Joybubbles (Joe Engressia) discovers he can whistle at 2600 Hz.
Joybubbles
PDF: AT&T Annual Report 1957
AT&T Annual Report 1957
Ad: 'Convenience in color'
'Convenience in color'
Photo: TN service counter
TN service counter
Ad: 'Its fun to talk by telephone'
'Its fun to talk by telephone'