The Telephone In America
The Telephone In America
1936
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Otto Julius Zobel
Otto Julius Zobel
Filter design and theory pioneer
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American Bell Desk Stand with Blake Transmitter
American Bell Desk Stand with Blake Transmitter
1891
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Conference calling service
AT&T / Bell System ad
1936
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Milo G. Kellogg
Milo G. Kellogg
Switchboard innovator and Kellogg founder
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Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
1965
Western Electric No. 88-C (San Francisco) Potbelly long distance desk telephone
Western Electric No. 88-C (San Francisco) Potbelly long distance desk telephone
1895
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Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
1973
Kid on phone
Kid on phone
1907
AT&T Annual Report, 1947
AT&T Annual Report, 1947
1947
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Thomas S. Sanders
Thomas S. Sanders
First investor in Bell Telephone
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Dunyach & Leclert phone
Dunyach & Leclert phone
1918
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Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
1963
Grillo phone
Siemens ad
1968
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Elizabeth A. Wood
Elizabeth A. Wood
Crystallographic research leader
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Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Kellogg 1917 wood phone catalog
Kellogg 1917 wood phone catalog
1917
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'Convenience in color'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1957
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Phone Thing
AT&T / Bell System ad
1977
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Monarch Telephone
Monarch Telephone ad
1922
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AE 21 Wall Phone
AE 21 Wall Phone
1922
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Robert Woodrow Wilson
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Cosmic radiation co-discoverer
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1884 The Long Distance Telephone Co.
1884 The Long Distance Telephone Co.
1884
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North 1915 Magneto Telephones Bulletin
North 1915 Magneto Telephones Bulletin
1915
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1898
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1898
1898
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Post and Co. Pony Set
Post and Co. Pony Set
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New public phones
AT&T / Bell System ad
1960
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Leich Electric Co. UECO Straight Shaft Desk Set
Leich Electric Co. UECO Straight Shaft Desk Set
1908
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Western Electric Experimental Side Hanger Phone
Western Electric Experimental Side Hanger Phone
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Systeme Wich-Deckert desk telephone
Systeme Wich-Deckert desk telephone
1918
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Sterling Telephones catalog
Sterling Telephones catalog
1923
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Jessie MacWilliams
Jessie MacWilliams
Coding theory innovator
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Lars Magnus Ericsson
Lars Magnus Ericsson
Swedish telephone entrepreneur and inventor
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Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
1915
Manhattan Electrical Supply Co. Tapered Shaft Desk Set
Manhattan Electrical Supply Co. Tapered Shaft Desk Set
1902
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Hitchcock movie promo pic
Hitchcock movie promo pic
1954
Kellogg 1912 Catalog
Kellogg 1912 Catalog
1912
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French engraving with early Bell phones
French engraving with early Bell phones
1880
Kellogg 9917
Kellogg 9917
1930
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Maryland Telephone Mfg. Company straight shaft desk set
Maryland Telephone Mfg. Company straight shaft desk set
1901
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Sculptura "Donut" Phone
Sculptura "Donut" Phone
1978
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Reginald Fessenden
Reginald Fessenden
Wireless telegraph (radio) innovator
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Bettie Page
Bettie Page
1954
William Gardner Pfann
William Gardner Pfann
Bell Labs materials scientist
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England catches up with postwar telephone demand
Kellogg
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1922
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Warren P. Mason
Warren P. Mason
Distributed-element circuit pioneer
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Western Electric No. 9 Potbelly
Western Electric No. 9 Potbelly
1897
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Public Telephones
Public Telephones
1985
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Victor Telephone Ad 2
Victor Telephone ad
1899
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DeVeau 8 button desk set
DeVeau 8 button desk set
1905
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Fulgencio Batista's Golden Phone
Fulgencio Batista's Golden Phone
1957
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Phone Mate 930
Phonemate Inc. ad
1979
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John J. Carty
John J. Carty
AT&T Chief Engineer
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The History of Lincoln Tel.
The History of Lincoln Tel.
1955
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Working on a rush job.
AT&T / Bell System ad
1946
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Charles K. Kao
Charles K. Kao
Fiber optics and laser innovator
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Lloyd Espenschied
Lloyd Espenschied
Coaxial cable co-inventor
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Electrical Goods Manufacturing single button desk set
Electrical Goods Manufacturing single button desk set
1910
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Helen Repa
Helen Repa
Western Electric hero during the Eastland disaster
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Gray Silver Dollar Pay Telephone
Gray Silver Dollar Pay Telephone
1905
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Ericsson export model telephone
Ericsson export model telephone
1898
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AE 21 Candlestick
AE 21 Candlestick
1922
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Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
1941
NE Tel / NYNEX payphone
NE Tel / NYNEX payphone
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Theodore Gary
Theodore Gary
Built empire of independent telephone companies
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Irving Penn photo
Irving Penn photo
1949
Manfred R. Schroeder
Manfred R. Schroeder
Speech coding innovator
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Charles Williams, Jr.
Charles Williams, Jr.
Telephone and telegraph manufacturer
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Brian Kernighan
Brian Kernighan
Unix and C co-developer
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'Elegance for eloquence'
L.M. Ericsson ad
1958
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Acoustic telephone
Acoustic telephone
1892
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AT&T Annual Report, 1931
AT&T Annual Report, 1931
1931
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Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Early phone phreak and iPhone inventor
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Western Electric
Western Electric ad
1915
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Maurice Karnaugh
Maurice Karnaugh
Developed pulse code modulation at Bell Labs
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Kellogg Masterphone brochure
Kellogg Masterphone brochure
1947
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AE 34 color brochure
Automatic Electric ad
1934
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Conference Telephone Service
AT&T / Bell System ad
1939
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Christmas
AT&T / Bell System ad
1960
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Ericsson 1928 multi-line phones catalog
Ericsson 1928 multi-line phones catalog
1928
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Robert W. Lucky
Robert W. Lucky
Invented the adaptive equalizer
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L.M. Ericsson Eiffel Tower
L.M. Ericsson Eiffel Tower
1885
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New colors
Western Electric ad
1956
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Autovon military phone
Autovon military phone
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'War still needs the wires'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1944
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Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
1912
Ericsson 1935 catalog (German)
Ericsson 1935 catalog (German)
1935
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James Stewart and Ned Sparks
James Stewart and Ned Sparks
1947
Clive Barker Telephone and Sandwich
Clive Barker Telephone and Sandwich
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Harry Nyquist
Harry Nyquist
Transmission engineering and communications systems
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Rural Telephone Lines And How To Build Them
Rural Telephone Lines And How To Build Them
1900
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B-R Electric Desk Set
B-R Electric Desk Set
1905
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Giles Gilbert Scott
Giles Gilbert Scott
Designer of the UK red telephone kiosk
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Kellogg straight shaft desk set
Kellogg straight shaft desk set
1902
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Alexander Graham Bell Box Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell Box Telephone
1877
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1982 Famous Phones Pacific Northwest Bell
1982 Famous Phones Pacific Northwest Bell
1982
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GPO Green Pages
GPO Green Pages
1972
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William G. McGowan
William G. McGowan
MCI Founder
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First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
1946
Bell No. 1 1892
Bell No. 1 1892
1892
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Louis E. Brus
Louis E. Brus
Quantum dots co-discoverer
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George Coy / Connecticut District Tel.
Bell Telephone ad
1877
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Kellogg
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1902
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Stromberg fiddleback with shield coin collector
Stromberg fiddleback with shield coin collector
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Sumter transmitter on a Holtzer-Cabot rope shaft and base
Sumter transmitter on a Holtzer-Cabot rope shaft and base
1898
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Masterphone 1000 Brochure
Masterphone 1000 Brochure
1948
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John Bardeen
John Bardeen
Transistor co-inventor
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Kellogg 1915 Switchboards catalog
Kellogg 1915 Switchboards catalog
1915
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Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson
Unix co-creator
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San Francisco Potbelly Candlestick
San Francisco Potbelly Candlestick
1897
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Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
1954
Emile Berliner
Emile Berliner
Telephone transmitter innovator
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1887
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1887
1887
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Gray Three-Slot Payhone
Gray Three-Slot Payhone
1920
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Telephone Prive Nationale phone
Telephone Prive Nationale phone
1915
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Ruth A. Weiss
Ruth A. Weiss
Programming language innovator
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Bell telephone roadshow
Bell Telephone ad
1877
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Siemens and Halske French intercom phone
Siemens and Halske French intercom phone
1900
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Telephone Companion
Telephone Companion
1973
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Ericsson 1939 catalog
Ericsson 1939 catalog
1939
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The Idea Factory
The Idea Factory
2012
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American Electric
American Electric ad
1902
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Tivadar Puskás
Tivadar Puskás
Telephone exchange designer
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Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
1891
Early Princess
AT&T / Bell System ad
1959
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Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
1953
BTMC model 2725 ('Antwerp') phone
BTMC model 2725 ('Antwerp') phone
1936
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Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
1970
AT&T Annual Report, 1906
AT&T Annual Report, 1906
1906
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Osamu Fujimura
Osamu Fujimura
Speech science pioneer
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Ericsson 1935 catalog (French)
Ericsson 1935 catalog (French)
1935
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Touch Tone Princess (And Color Variants)
Touch Tone Princess (And Color Variants)
1963
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1891
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1891
1891
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"Hello"
"Hello"
Antonio Meucci
Antonio Meucci
Early telephone innovator
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'Sally doesnt solder anymore'
Western Electric ad
1953
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NE 1914 catalog
NE 1914 catalog
1914
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Stan Laurel promo pic
Stan Laurel promo pic
1928
NE Tel 3-Box with (possibly repro) Blake Transmitter
NE Tel 3-Box with (possibly repro) Blake Transmitter
1882
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J. P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan
AT&T financier and banker
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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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Swedish telephone
AE Wall Phone Circa 1918
AE Wall Phone Circa 1918
1918
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Loeffler Phone Co. 5 button desk set
Loeffler Phone Co. 5 button desk set
1905
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American Bell Long Distance Transmitter
American Bell Long Distance Transmitter
1887
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Gray Type 641C five-slot pay phone
Gray Type 641C five-slot pay phone
1897
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Girl on phone
Girl on phone
1909
American Electric Potbelly
American Electric ad
1900
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Ericsson 1914 accessories catalog
Ericsson 1914 accessories catalog
1914
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Charles Fleetford Sise
Charles Fleetford Sise
Started Bell Canada
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Victor Telephone Mfg. Co. (Chicago) desk set
Victor Telephone Mfg. Co. (Chicago) desk set
1899
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Clinton Davisson
Clinton Davisson
Bell Labs Nobel prize winner
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The Bell Telephone System 1925-1940
The Bell Telephone System 1925-1940
1941
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Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1979
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George E. Smith
George E. Smith
Charge coupled device inventor
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Grillo Folding Telephone
Grillo Folding Telephone
1965
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Louis Digeon wall telephone
Louis Digeon wall telephone
1896
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Charles Williams Jr / Am Bell ad
American Bell Telephone ad
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'From factory to foxhole'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1945
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AT&T Annual Report, 1926
AT&T Annual Report, 1926
1926
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"Système Ader" Wall Telephone
"Système Ader" Wall Telephone
1894
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Calling on German payphone
Calling on German payphone
1957
Siemens Auso S62 In Original Bigrigio Gray Colors
Siemens Auso S62 In Original Bigrigio Gray Colors
1962
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John Tukey
John Tukey
Data anlysis pioneer and FFT developer
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Shirley Ann Jackson
Shirley Ann Jackson
Theoretical physics innovator
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Victor Telephone
AT&T Annual Report, 1907
AT&T Annual Report, 1907
1907
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From The Far Corners of the Earth
From The Far Corners of the Earth
1939
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Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Graham Bell's father and mentor
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Couch intercom
Couch intercom
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How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
Couch intercom
Couch intercom
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GPO 232 With Cheese Drawer
GPO 232 With Cheese Drawer
1929
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Walter Lincoln Hawkins
Walter Lincoln Hawkins
Polymer chemistry pioneer
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Fuld Tischmodelle Holz
Fuld Tischmodelle Holz
1902
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Prestel
Prestel
1980
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Telephone truck
Western Electric ad
1952
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1895
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1895
1895
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Schmoo phone
Western Electric ad
1961
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Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon
Father of information theory
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Bell Labs Prototype Field Trial Demitasse set
Bell Labs Prototype Field Trial Demitasse set
1957
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Picturephone
Western Electric ad
1970
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NE 1927 catalog
NE 1927 catalog
1927
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Werner von Siemens
Werner von Siemens
Siemens founder
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AT&T Annual Report, 1915
AT&T Annual Report, 1915
1915
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Ordinary Bell telephone
Ordinary Bell telephone
1880
Kellogg 1918 Intercoms Catalog
Kellogg 1918 Intercoms Catalog
1918
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Kellogg straight shaft desk set
Kellogg straight shaft desk set
1910
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Sunburst Candlestick
Sunburst Candlestick
1906
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1981 Gold Northern Telecom SL1 Speakerphone Limited Edition
1981 Gold Northern Telecom SL1 Speakerphone Limited Edition
1981
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Bell and Watson stage public exhibitions of the telephone
Ad for 'Tomorrows Telephones'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1959
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Henry Dreyfuss
Henry Dreyfuss
Industrial designer
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Steven Chu
Steven Chu
Co-developed laser cooling
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1890
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1890
1890
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Shaver 1898 Style G Dolphin Based Desk Set
Shaver 1898 Style G Dolphin Based Desk Set
1898
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AT&T Annual Report, 1974
AT&T Annual Report, 1974
1974
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Western Telephone Construction Co. potbelly desk set
Western Telephone Construction Co. potbelly desk set
1902
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Kellogg 1926 Catalog
Kellogg 1926 Catalog
1926
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Bill Blass in a phone booth
Bill Blass in a phone booth
1971
Lee de Forest
Lee de Forest
Vacuum tube inventor
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Allen-Hussey
Allen-Hussey Co. ad
1898
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AT&T Annual Report, 1948
AT&T Annual Report, 1948
1948
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Telia Mox Phone
Telia Mox Phone
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George May Phelps
George May Phelps
Telegraph and telephone innovator
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Chinese Zitan wood telephone
Chinese Zitan wood telephone
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NE Tel glass sign
Connecticut Telephone Fluted Shaft Desk Set
Connecticut Telephone Fluted Shaft Desk Set
1898
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Ericsson Model 350 Wall Telephone
Ericsson Model 350 Wall Telephone
1895
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Automatic Electric Strowger "sunburst" dial desk set
Automatic Electric Strowger "sunburst" dial desk set
1903
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Garl Electric Co. 8 Point Inter-Communicating Desk Set
Garl Electric Co. 8 Point Inter-Communicating Desk Set
1900
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AT&T Annual Report, 1973
AT&T Annual Report, 1973
1973
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Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
1942
Ericsson Naval/Ship's Phone
Ericsson Naval/Ship's Phone
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First New York to Chicago phone call
First New York to Chicago phone call
1892
Model 302s in color!
AT&T / Bell System ad
1949
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Siemens and Halske early dial telephone
Siemens and Halske early dial telephone
1912
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Stromberg-Carlson Tapered Shaft “Oil Can” Desk Stand
Stromberg-Carlson Tapered Shaft “Oil Can” Desk Stand
1900
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Princess
AT&T / Bell System ad
1961
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Bjarne Stroustrup
Bjarne Stroustrup
C++ developer
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WESCO Supply Co. desk set
WESCO Supply Co. desk set
1905
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Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Co-developer of the basis for laser science
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Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
1974
Evelyn Hu
Evelyn Hu
Nanotechnology innovator
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AT&T Annual Report, 1922
AT&T Annual Report, 1922
1922
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The Telephone In America
The Telephone In America
1952
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John Draper
John Draper
Famous phone phreak (aka 'Captain Crunch')
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Russell Tomlinson Potbelly
Natalie Wood on the phone
Natalie Wood on the phone
1960
Dennis Ritchie
Dennis Ritchie
UNIX co-creator
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AE 40 color brochure
Automatic Electric ad
1940
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George Ashley Campbell
George Ashley Campbell
Long-distance telephony innovator
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Granville Woods
Granville Woods
Telegraphony developer
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George Stibitz
George Stibitz
Relay-based computer circuitry pioneer
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Viaduct Telephone
Viaduct Manufacturing ad
1895
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Kellogg 1923 Catalog
Kellogg 1923 Catalog
1923
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AT&T long distance advertising (pocket map cover)
AT&T / Bell System ad
1898
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Telephone Buildings Of The Bell System
Telephone Buildings Of The Bell System
1930
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Gray Pay Station 1925 catalog
Gray Pay Station 1925 catalog
1925
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William Gray
William Gray
Payphone inventor and entrepreneur
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Raymond W. Ketchledge
Raymond W. Ketchledge
Telephone switching innovator
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George Willard Coy
George Willard Coy
Developed first local exchange
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C&P Telephone postwar recruiting ad
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1947
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American Speaking Telephone Co. Phone
American Speaking Telephone Co. Phone
1879
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William Francis Channing
William Francis Channing
Early telephone and telegraph innovator
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Triple Wide Oak Phone
Triple Wide Oak Phone
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Daryl Chapin
Daryl Chapin
Solar cell co-inventor
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AT&T Annual Report, 1981
AT&T Annual Report, 1981
1981
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'Inside the phone'
Western Electric ad
1955
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Phoenix Electric Rope Shaft Desk Set
Phoenix Electric Rope Shaft Desk Set
1898
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Harold D. Arnold
Harold D. Arnold
First Bell Labs research director
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AE40 With Gold Leaf And Butler Handle
AE40 With Gold Leaf And Butler Handle
1939
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Vought-Berger Telephone Co. straight shaft desk set
Vought-Berger Telephone Co. straight shaft desk set
1912
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PhoneMate 400 Answering Machine
PhoneMate 400 Answering Machine
1971
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Bernard M. Oliver
Bernard M. Oliver
Pulse code modulation co-developer
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AE PAX
Automatic Electric ad
1919
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American Electric 1920s Catalog
American Electric 1920s Catalog
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Montana Independent Telephone
Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1971
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Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Wireless telegraph (radio) inventor
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700 SERIES Leich Brochure
700 SERIES Leich Brochure
1953
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George Clark Southworth
George Clark Southworth
Waveguide developer and radio engineer
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Harry Truman
Harry Truman
1945
Ness Automatic
Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co. ad
1902
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Richard H. Frenkiel
Richard H. Frenkiel
Cellular telephony innovator
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Ericsson DBH 1001
Ericsson DBH 1001
1931
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Harold Stephen Black
Harold Stephen Black
Invented the negative feedback amplifier
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Andrae c1915 Giant Telephones
Andrae c1915 Giant Telephones
1915
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Dennis Hayes
Dennis Hayes
Modem inventor
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BTMC 1924 Catalog
BTMC 1924 Catalog
1924
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Rialto Phone
Rialto Phone
1972
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'Never needs repair'
Western Electric ad
1963
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National Telephone
National Telephone Mfg. Co. ad
1895
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Harry Fuld
Harry Fuld
German telephone entrepreneur
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Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
1974
Card Dialer phone
Card Dialer phone
1962
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Tønsberg Telefonforening telephone
Tønsberg Telefonforening telephone
1920
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Edison telegraph "double transmittor" ad
Charles Williams Jr. Shop ad
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Hawaii Statehood Phone
Hawaii Statehood Phone
1959
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AT&T Annual Report, 1936
AT&T Annual Report, 1936
1936
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1971
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ITT Telephone Guide
ITT Telephone Guide
1972
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Concentrate While Telephoning
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1917
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Deutsche Bundespost telefon brochure
Deutsche Bundespost telefon brochure
1986
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Arno Allan Penzias
Arno Allan Penzias
Cosmic radiation co-discoverer
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Groeneveld
Trimline wall
AT&T / Bell System ad
1967
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American Electric Monophone Cradle Desk Telephone
American Electric Monophone Cradle Desk Telephone
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Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr
Actress and wireless telephony innovator
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Ring Ring album cover
Ring Ring album cover
1973
40B Railroad Phone
40B Railroad Phone
1919
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Taft learning he's been nominated for president
Taft learning he's been nominated for president
1908
Gerald Pearson
Gerald Pearson
Solar cell co-inventor
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