American Electric desk phone
American Electric desk phone
1910
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1969
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Ericsson 1913 switchboards catalog (abridged)
Ericsson 1913 switchboards catalog (abridged)
1913
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Harry Truman
Harry Truman
1945
Moses Greeley Parker
Moses Greeley Parker
Early Bell investor, had idea for phone numbers
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Harry Nyquist
Harry Nyquist
Transmission engineering and communications systems
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Montana Independent Telephone
Sergei Alexander Schelkunoff
Sergei Alexander Schelkunoff
Waveguide propagation researcher
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GPO Telephone Service, Explained
GPO Telephone Service, Explained
1961
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James West
James West
Electret microphone co-inventor
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Ring Ring album cover
Ring Ring album cover
1973
Schmoo phone
Western Electric ad
1961
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Pencil Shaft Candlestick
Pencil Shaft Candlestick
1896
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Bell and Watson stage public exhibitions of the telephone
Kellogg 1941 Catalog
Kellogg 1941 Catalog
1941
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Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
1963
Buy a phone call
AT&T / Bell System ad
1935
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Telia Mox Phone
Telia Mox Phone
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Reproduction Clear AE 40
Reproduction Clear AE 40
1939
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Marion Cameron Gray
Marion Cameron Gray
Discovered the Gray graph
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Wentworth & Blake Straight Shaft Desk Set
Wentworth & Blake Straight Shaft Desk Set
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Martin Cooper
Martin Cooper
Cellular telephony inventor
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Western Electric
Western Electric ad
1915
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WE 2500 (yellow and other colors)
WE 2500 (yellow and other colors)
1968
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Irving Penn photo
Irving Penn photo
1949
Century Split Shaft Candlestick
Century Split Shaft Candlestick
1905
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AT&T Annual Report 1959
AT&T Annual Report 1959
1959
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Chicago Telephone Supply Co. "semi-potbelly" desk set
Chicago Telephone Supply Co. "semi-potbelly" desk set
1905
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Gray Pay Station
Gray Pay Station
1910
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American Electric Potbelly
American Electric ad
1900
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Charles K. Kao
Charles K. Kao
Fiber optics and laser innovator
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Victor Telephone Mfg. Co. (Chicago) desk set
Victor Telephone Mfg. Co. (Chicago) desk set
1899
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Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
1942
Gray 23D
Gray 23D
1910
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Concentrate While Telephoning
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1917
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1971
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AT&T Annual Report, 1917
AT&T Annual Report, 1917
1917
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Ericofon
L.M. Ericsson ad
1965
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Keith Haring Pop Shop Raspberry Siemens Auso S62
Keith Haring Pop Shop Raspberry Siemens Auso S62
1988
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Modell Maingau brochure
Modell Maingau brochure
1935
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Walter Lincoln Hawkins
Walter Lincoln Hawkins
Polymer chemistry pioneer
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Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
1941
Edison televoice writer
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ad
1951
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Edison telegraph "double transmittor" ad
Charles Williams Jr. Shop ad
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Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
1954
Bell solar battery
AT&T / Bell System ad
1956
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Ericsson 1886 catalog
Ericsson 1886 catalog
1886
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Telcer "BoBo" phone
Telcer "BoBo" phone
1969
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Granville Woods
Granville Woods
Telegraphony developer
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Joybubbles
Joybubbles
Early phone phreak
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Ezra Gilliland
Ezra Gilliland
Telephone switchboard innovator
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Phonemate 400 ad
Phonemate Inc. ad
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Hendrik Wade Bode
Hendrik Wade Bode
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AT&T Annual Report, 1935
AT&T Annual Report, 1935
1935
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Tesla Stropkov Model 3600 4FP 121
Tesla Stropkov Model 3600 4FP 121
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Ericsson export model telephone
Ericsson export model telephone
1898
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Hitchcock movie promo pic
Hitchcock movie promo pic
1954
Victor Telephone Ad 2
Victor Telephone ad
1899
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Nixon's White House Phone
Nixon's White House Phone
1969
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NE Tel 3-Box with (possibly repro) Blake Transmitter
NE Tel 3-Box with (possibly repro) Blake Transmitter
1882
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First New York to Chicago phone call
First New York to Chicago phone call
1892
Grillo phone
Siemens ad
1968
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British Dictograph
Dictograph Products ad
1936
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De Locht Pantelephone
De Locht Pantelephone
1880
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AT&T Annual Report, 1914
AT&T Annual Report, 1914
1914
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No. 2 Speaking Tube Desk Phone
No. 2 Speaking Tube Desk Phone
1892
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French engraving with early Bell phones
French engraving with early Bell phones
1880
Siemens & Halske Naval Telephone
Siemens & Halske Naval Telephone
1920
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Automatic Electric Dial Telephone
Automatic Electric ad
1904
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Elizabeth Bailey
Elizabeth Bailey
First female department head at Bell Labs
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Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
1965
Western Electric Cherry Vanity Telephone
Western Electric Cherry Vanity Telephone
1892
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Simplex Fernsprecher brochure
Simplex Fernsprecher brochure
1936
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Gerald Pearson
Gerald Pearson
Solar cell co-inventor
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Sosthenes Behn
Sosthenes Behn
ITT founder
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Calling on German payphone
Calling on German payphone
1957
Federal Telephone and Telegraph Co. straight shaft desk set
Federal Telephone and Telegraph Co. straight shaft desk set
1915
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AT&T Annual Report, 1905
AT&T Annual Report, 1905
1905
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Sterling Electric Company Fat Shaft Desk Set
Sterling Electric Company Fat Shaft Desk Set
1905
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Western Electric Solid Cast Brass desk telephone
Western Electric Solid Cast Brass desk telephone
1895
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AE Step Base Candlestick
AE Step Base Candlestick
1911
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William Hathaway Forbes
William Hathaway Forbes
Bell early investor and President
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John Draper
John Draper
Famous phone phreak (aka 'Captain Crunch')
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Thomas S. Sanders
Thomas S. Sanders
First investor in Bell Telephone
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Lars Magnus Ericsson
Lars Magnus Ericsson
Swedish telephone entrepreneur and inventor
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National Bell April 1879 pricing circular
National Bell April 1879 pricing circular
1879
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American Electric
American Electric ad
1902
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Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co. #19 Rope Shaft Candlestick
Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co. #19 Rope Shaft Candlestick
1900
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Calvin Souther Fuller
Calvin Souther Fuller
Solar cell co-inventor
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Laurie Spiegel
Laurie Spiegel
Electronic music innovator
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Siemens and Halske 25-extension intercom
Siemens and Halske 25-extension intercom
1920
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AT&T corporate image
AT&T / Bell System ad
1966
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Kellogg 1908 Intercoms Catalog
Kellogg 1908 Intercoms Catalog
1908
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John Bardeen
John Bardeen
Transistor co-inventor
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JFK's Palm Springs phone
JFK's Palm Springs phone
1962
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L.M. Ericsson Model AC200 Skeleton Telephone
L.M. Ericsson Model AC200 Skeleton Telephone
1892
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Andrae c1910 Catalog
Andrae c1910 Catalog
1910
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Mighty Mite concept phone
Mighty Mite concept phone
1958
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Siemens & Halske Model 4088 (Railroad)
Siemens & Halske Model 4088 (Railroad)
1910
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Military Portable Telephone
Military Portable Telephone
1910
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Connecticut Telephone straight shaft desk set
Connecticut Telephone straight shaft desk set
1904
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Keith Haring Pop Shop Blue Siemens 611
Keith Haring Pop Shop Blue Siemens 611
1988
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American Electric potbelly desk set
American Electric potbelly desk set
1900
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Bell telephone roadshow
Bell Telephone ad
1877
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Phone Thing
AT&T / Bell System ad
1977
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Schmidt & Bruckner Electric Company fluted pencil shaft
Schmidt & Bruckner Electric Company fluted pencil shaft
1899
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Ivory 302
Ivory 302
1949
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Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
Alexander Graham Bell's wife
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Kellogg 1954 Toll Switchboard catalog
Kellogg 1954 Toll Switchboard catalog
1954
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Louis Digeon wall telephone
Louis Digeon wall telephone
1896
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Taft learning he's been nominated for president
Taft learning he's been nominated for president
1908
Kellogg K1A1 Sales Brochure
Kellogg K1A1 Sales Brochure
1959
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Helen Repa
Helen Repa
Western Electric hero during the Eastland disaster
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Special Sunday Rates
AT&T / Bell System ad
1936
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Telephone Prive Nationale phone
Telephone Prive Nationale phone
1915
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Auto Tele Switch
Britain's Public Payphones
Britain's Public Payphones
1984
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Leich #60 Extension Phone
Leich #60 Extension Phone
1947
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AT&T Annual Report, 1924
AT&T Annual Report, 1924
1924
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Siemens & Halske wall telephone
Siemens & Halske wall telephone
1882
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Evening calling
General Post Office/BT ad
1964
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Mohamed M. Atalla
Mohamed M. Atalla
MOSFET co-inventor
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Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Stromberg Carlson
Stromberg-Carlson ad
1902
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How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
The Post Office (Microwave) Tower: London
The Post Office (Microwave) Tower: London
1967
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Viaduct Wall Switchboard Phone
Viaduct Wall Switchboard Phone
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AE 21 Candlestick
AE 21 Candlestick
1922
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Machine Switching Service
Machine Switching Service
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Maurice Karnaugh
Maurice Karnaugh
Developed pulse code modulation at Bell Labs
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Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside
Transmission innovator (inductive loading)
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C&P Telephone postwar recruiting ad
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1947
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How Bell Invented The Telephone (Watson Speech)
How Bell Invented The Telephone (Watson Speech)
1915
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Williams Telephone & Supply Company tapered shaft desk set
Williams Telephone & Supply Company tapered shaft desk set
1899
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"Hello"
"Hello"
Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson
Unix co-creator
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AE 40 color brochure
Automatic Electric ad
1940
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Russell-Tomlinson Electric Co. potbelly desk set
Russell-Tomlinson Electric Co. potbelly desk set
1901
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Vint Cerf
Vint Cerf
TCP/IP co-developer, 'father of the Internet'
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'Dont blame us, blame the war'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1942
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British Western Electric tapered shaft "golf ball" desk stand
British Western Electric tapered shaft "golf ball" desk stand
1905
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Ericsson 'spider' skeleton phone
Ericsson 'spider' skeleton phone
1903
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Bell System
AT&T / Bell System ad
1965
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Farr 1914 Catalog
Farr 1914 Catalog
1914
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Grillo
Siemens ad
1968
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James Stewart and Ned Sparks
James Stewart and Ned Sparks
1947
George Clark Southworth
George Clark Southworth
Waveguide developer and radio engineer
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Hipwell Telephone
AT&T Annual Report 1960
AT&T Annual Report 1960
1960
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Touch Tone Princess (And Color Variants)
Touch Tone Princess (And Color Variants)
1963
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AT&T Annual Report, 1980
AT&T Annual Report, 1980
1980
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Evelyn Hu
Evelyn Hu
Nanotechnology innovator
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Touch tone
Western Electric ad
1965
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Early Charles Williams National Bell Phone
Early Charles Williams National Bell Phone
1879
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Antonio Meucci
Antonio Meucci
Early telephone innovator
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William G. McGowan
William G. McGowan
MCI Founder
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Werner von Siemens
Werner von Siemens
Siemens founder
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Miracle on 2nd Avenue
Miracle on 2nd Avenue
1975
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Bill Blass in a phone booth
Bill Blass in a phone booth
1971
'All the busy executives'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Early phone phreak and iPhone inventor
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Ericsson 1976 digital switching brochure
Ericsson 1976 digital switching brochure
1976
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Ordinary Bell telephone
Ordinary Bell telephone
1880
North Electric Potbelly
North Electric Potbelly
1900
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Ericsson 1902 catalog
Ericsson 1902 catalog
1902
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Russell Tomlinson Elect.
Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
1891
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Cosmic radiation co-discoverer
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Rural Telphone Lines
Rural Telphone Lines
1937
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Clinton Davisson
Clinton Davisson
Bell Labs Nobel prize winner
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Couch & Seeley Co. potbelly desk set
Couch & Seeley Co. potbelly desk set
1899
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GPO 1980 Payphones brochure
GPO 1980 Payphones brochure
1980
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Harold H. Greene
Harold H. Greene
Judge who oversaw AT&T's breakup
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Starting a Telephone Talk
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1917
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Victor Telephone
Victor Telephone ad
1899
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Phone for hazardous locations
Phone for hazardous locations
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Kid on phone
Kid on phone
1907
Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1979
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Kongliga Telegrafverkets Apparater floor telephone
Kongliga Telegrafverkets Apparater floor telephone
1894
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DeVeau c.1895 Catalog
DeVeau c.1895 Catalog
1895
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Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Graham Bell's father and mentor
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Neil Sloane
Neil Sloane
Integer encyclopedia creator
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Sculptura "Donut" Phone
Sculptura "Donut" Phone
1978
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Sterling Telephones catalog
Sterling Telephones catalog
1923
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1896
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1896
1896
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Loeffler Phone Co. 9 button desk set
Loeffler Phone Co. 9 button desk set
1910
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Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie
UNIX co-creator
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Haines Noyes Electric
Johann Philipp Reis
Johann Philipp Reis
Reis telephone developer
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Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
1970
Phelps/Western Union Double Crown Telephone
Phelps/Western Union Double Crown Telephone
1878
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James J. Storrow
James J. Storrow
Attorney who masterminded Bell patent litigation
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Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
1953
ITT Telephone Guide
ITT Telephone Guide
1972
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Trimline wall
AT&T / Bell System ad
1967
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BTMC 1924 Catalog
BTMC 1924 Catalog
1924
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Dennis Hayes
Dennis Hayes
Modem inventor
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AE 34 color brochure
Automatic Electric ad
1934
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Stromberg-Carlson 1901 Catalog
Stromberg-Carlson 1901 Catalog
1901
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Frank B. Jewett
Frank B. Jewett
Radio telephony pioneer
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'How many million times'
Western Electric ad
1946
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AE Styleline
AE Styleline
1969
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How The Telephone Helps The Farmer
How The Telephone Helps The Farmer
1905
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Theodore Gary
Theodore Gary
Built empire of independent telephone companies
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Kellogg Masterphone brochure
Kellogg Masterphone brochure
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NE 1927 catalog
NE 1927 catalog
1927
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Elizabeth A. Wood
Elizabeth A. Wood
Crystallographic research leader
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GPO Green Pages
GPO Green Pages
1972
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From The Far Corners of the Earth
From The Far Corners of the Earth
1939
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John Renshaw Carson
John Renshaw Carson
AT&T transmission engineering leader
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Hose-McCann ships telephone
Hose-McCann ad
1946
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Fluted Shaft Candlestick
Fluted Shaft Candlestick
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American Electric straight shaft desk set
American Electric straight shaft desk set
1904
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Ad for 'Tomorrows Telephones'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1959
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Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co. No. 20 "knurled nut" split shaft desk set
Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co. No. 20 "knurled nut" split shaft desk set
1907
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Ralph Hartley
Ralph Hartley
Information theory innovator
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Clark Candlestick Switchboard Telephone
Clark Candlestick Switchboard Telephone
1893
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Ericsson 1897 catalog
Ericsson 1897 catalog
1897
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Edmonstone Company Anders Push-Button Desk Set
Edmonstone Company Anders Push-Button Desk Set
1899
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ATC Genie Phone
ATC Genie Phone
1970
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Esther M. Conwell
Esther M. Conwell
Semiconductor innovator
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AT&T Annual Report 1965
AT&T Annual Report 1965
1965
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AT&T Annual Report, 1931
AT&T Annual Report, 1931
1931
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Föderl-System Signal Transmitter Telephone
Föderl-System Signal Transmitter Telephone
1915
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William Gardner Pfann
William Gardner Pfann
Bell Labs materials scientist
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Pacific Telephone Exchange Plant Inventory, Volume XIII
Pacific Telephone Exchange Plant Inventory, Volume XIII
1912
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Fuld phone
H. Fuld & Co./TN ad
1927
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Ericsson 1928 multi-line phones catalog
Ericsson 1928 multi-line phones catalog
1928
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Bettie Page
Bettie Page
1954
Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1982
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Louis E. Brus
Louis E. Brus
Quantum dots co-discoverer
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Julius Andrae & Sons Co. desk set
Julius Andrae & Sons Co. desk set
1910
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Harold Stephen Black
Harold Stephen Black
Invented the negative feedback amplifier
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Crosley patent telephone
Crosley patent telephone
1880
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P. H. & R. (Plummer, Ham and Richardson) Potbelly Desk Set
P. H. & R. (Plummer, Ham and Richardson) Potbelly Desk Set
1898
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Walter Brattain
Walter Brattain
Transistor co-inventor
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Sallie Pero Mead
Sallie Pero Mead
Mathematician and wireless innovator
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Sunburst Candlestick
Sunburst Candlestick
1906
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Ericsson intercom phone
Ericsson intercom phone
1900
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Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
1915
WE 2554 (red and other colors)
WE 2554 (red and other colors)
1967
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AT&T Annual Report 1962
AT&T Annual Report 1962
1962
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Clark Automatic
Clark Automatic Telephone ad
1902
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Christmas
AT&T / Bell System ad
1960
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William Francis Channing
William Francis Channing
Early telephone and telegraph innovator
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Stan Laurel promo pic
Stan Laurel promo pic
1928
Rural Toll Phone
Rural Toll Phone
1918
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Bell system
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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Kellogg 925
Kellogg 925
1930
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William Shockley
William Shockley
Transistor co-inventor
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Francis Blake
Francis Blake
Telephone transmitter inventor
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AT&T Annual Report, 1913
AT&T Annual Report, 1913
1913
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Prototype pushbutton WE 500 set
Prototype pushbutton WE 500 set
1958
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Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
1973
AT&T Annual Report, 1925
AT&T Annual Report, 1925
1925
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AE PAX
Automatic Electric ad
1919
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George Stibitz
George Stibitz
Relay-based computer circuitry pioneer
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Russell Ohl
Russell Ohl
Pioneered P-N junctions for solar cells
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AE 1A color brochure
Automatic Electric ad
1929
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Harvey Fletcher
Harvey Fletcher
Bell Lab physicist and speech expert
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Natalie Wood on the phone
Natalie Wood on the phone
1960
The History of Lincoln Tel.
The History of Lincoln Tel.
1955
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Norwegian Elektrisk Bureau Kristiania Wall Telephone
Norwegian Elektrisk Bureau Kristiania Wall Telephone
1897
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Century Desk Set
Extension Phones Make Life Easier
Extension Phones Make Life Easier
1981
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Ericsson wall phone
Ericsson wall phone
1880
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Canadian straight shaft desk set
Canadian straight shaft desk set
1912
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Automatic Electric 1940 catalog
Automatic Electric 1940 catalog
1940
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Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan
Unix and C co-developer
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Donald Genaro
Donald Genaro
Industrial designer
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Tucker Telephone
AT&T Annual Report 1969
AT&T Annual Report 1969
1969
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North 1915 Magneto Telephones Bulletin
North 1915 Magneto Telephones Bulletin
1915
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DeVeau “Stanley Patterson” Straight Shaft Desk Set
DeVeau “Stanley Patterson” Straight Shaft Desk Set
1910
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S.H. Couch single button intercom
S.H. Couch single button intercom
1900
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Payphones For Business
Payphones For Business
1991
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A Historical View of the San Francisco Exchange
A Historical View of the San Francisco Exchange
1927
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Willard Boyle
Willard Boyle
Charge coupled device inventor
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George May Phelps
George May Phelps
Telegraph and telephone innovator
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Thomas B. Doolittle
Thomas B. Doolittle
Telephone and copper wire innovator
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Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
1974
Girl on phone
Girl on phone
1909
William A. Massey
William A. Massey
Queueing theory expert
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Osamu Fujimura
Osamu Fujimura
Speech science pioneer
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Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
1974
Telephone truck
Western Electric ad
1952
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Wilhelm Telephone Mfg. Co. Potbelly Desk Set
Wilhelm Telephone Mfg. Co. Potbelly Desk Set
1896
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Bernard M. Oliver
Bernard M. Oliver
Pulse code modulation co-developer
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First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
1946
JFK’s Call Director
JFK’s Call Director
1961
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Daryl Chapin
Daryl Chapin
Solar cell co-inventor
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Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1980
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Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
1912