'War still needs the wires'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1944
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Bell System
AT&T / Bell System ad
1948
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Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post
1973
WE E5 208 Key Set
WE E5 208 Key Set
1930
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Max Mathews
Max Mathews
Bell Labs computer music pioneer
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John Tukey
John Tukey
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Manfred R. Schroeder
Manfred R. Schroeder
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American Bell 1886 long distance transmitter (Original)
American Bell 1886 long distance transmitter (Original)
1886
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AT&T Annual Report, 1940
AT&T Annual Report, 1940
1940
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Claude Shannon
Claude Shannon
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Victor Telephone
Victor Telephone ad
1899
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WE Triple Wide Three-Box
WE Triple Wide Three-Box
1882
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Kellogg 1903 Magneto Telephones Catalog
Kellogg 1903 Magneto Telephones Catalog
1903
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Granville Woods
Granville Woods
Telegraphony developer
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ITT Telephone Guide
ITT Telephone Guide
1972
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Daryl Chapin
Daryl Chapin
Solar cell co-inventor
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The Story of Western Electric
The Story of Western Electric
1938
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Chas. Williams Jr early ad
Charles Williams Jr. Shop ad
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Joybubbles
Joybubbles
Early phone phreak
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1896
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1896
1896
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Choose Your Modern Telephone
Choose Your Modern Telephone
1964
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Automatic Electric Dial Telephone
Automatic Electric ad
1904
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Charles Williams, Jr.
Charles Williams, Jr.
Telephone and telegraph manufacturer
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"Hello"
"Hello"
Western Electric Cherry Vanity Telephone
Western Electric Cherry Vanity Telephone
1892
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Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
Bell promoter (and Hubbard's wife)
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Western Electric No. 10 tapered shaft
Western Electric No. 10 tapered shaft
1902
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Phone Mate 930
Phonemate Inc. ad
1979
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Bill Blass in a phone booth
Bill Blass in a phone booth
1971
Clark Automatic
Clark Automatic Telephone ad
1902
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Early Ericsson telephone
Early Ericsson telephone
1881
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Siemens and Halske Desk Set
Siemens and Halske Desk Set
1928
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Victor Telephone
Monarch Telephone
Monarch Telephone ad
1922
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Johann Philipp Reis
Johann Philipp Reis
Reis telephone developer
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Pacific Telephone
Pacific Telephone ad
1911
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Auto Tele Switch
Milo G. Kellogg
Milo G. Kellogg
Switchboard innovator and Kellogg founder
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Richard H. Frenkiel
Richard H. Frenkiel
Cellular telephony innovator
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AT&T Annual Report 1969
AT&T Annual Report 1969
1969
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Reach Out
AT&T / Bell System ad
1982
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'How many million times'
Western Electric ad
1946
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The Birth and Babyhood Of the Telephone, By Thomas Watson
The Birth and Babyhood Of the Telephone, By Thomas Watson
1937
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Sergei Alexander Schelkunoff
Sergei Alexander Schelkunoff
Bell Labs waveguide propagation researcher
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Mihajlo Pupin
Mihajlo Pupin
Loading coil inventor
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Refurbishing pay phones
Western Electric ad
1954
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Keith Haring Pop Shop Red Siemens 611
Keith Haring Pop Shop Red Siemens 611
1988
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Things Worth Knowing About The Telephone
Things Worth Knowing About The Telephone
1929
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Dictograph Telephone Switchboard
Dictograph Telephone Switchboard
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GPO Deltaphone
GPO Deltaphone
1979
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J. P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan
AT&T financier and banker
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AT&T Annual Report 1954
AT&T Annual Report 1954
1954
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Valdemar Poulsen
Valdemar Poulsen
Developed magnetic recording and radio transmission technology
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Williams-Abbott Electric Company short straight shaft desk set
Williams-Abbott Electric Company short straight shaft desk set
1912
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Bell telephone roadshow
Bell Telephone ad
1877
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1893
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1893
1893
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Julius Andrae
Julius Andrae
Andrae Telephone founder
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AT&T Annual Report 1955
AT&T Annual Report 1955
1955
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Ericsson “Coffee Grinder” Phone
Ericsson “Coffee Grinder” Phone
1893
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Gardiner Greene Hubbard
Gardiner Greene Hubbard
Godfather of the Bell System
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Hipwell Telephone
AE 1957 catalog
AE 1957 catalog
1957
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Early Princess
AT&T / Bell System ad
1959
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Ericsson 1953 crossbar switching brochure
Ericsson 1953 crossbar switching brochure
1953
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Couch & Seeley No. 97 potbelly desk set
Couch & Seeley No. 97 potbelly desk set
1899
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Nazi yacht phone
Nazi yacht phone
1935
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Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
Suffragist Genevieve Clark Thomson
1915
'From factory to foxhole'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1945
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Thomas A. Watson
Thomas A. Watson
Bell collaborator and co-founder
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GPO 1980 Payphones brochure
GPO 1980 Payphones brochure
1980
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Ericsson 1889 catalog
Ericsson 1889 catalog
1889
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Charles Fleetford Sise
Charles Fleetford Sise
Started Bell Canada
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Taft learning he's been nominated for president
Taft learning he's been nominated for president
1908
Stan Laurel promo pic
Stan Laurel promo pic
1928
Almon Strowger
Almon Strowger
Automatic switching and dialing inventor
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WE 1500
WE 1500
1963
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Girl on phone
Girl on phone
1909
Sallie Pero Mead
Sallie Pero Mead
Mathematician and wireless innovator
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Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Graham Bell's father and mentor
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L.M. Ericsson Eiffel Tower
L.M. Ericsson Eiffel Tower
1885
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Telephone vs. Airplane
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1930
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Kellogg
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1902
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The Social Impact of the Telephone
The Social Impact of the Telephone
1977
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Stromberg 1914 Switchboards catalog
Stromberg 1914 Switchboards catalog
1914
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Tivadar Puskás
Tivadar Puskás
Telephone exchange designer
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Bjarne Stroustrup
Bjarne Stroustrup
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Die Telefone der Telekom
Die Telefone der Telekom
1993
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John J. Carty
John J. Carty
AT&T Chief Engineer
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Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
1974
Conference calling service
AT&T / Bell System ad
1936
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Kellogg 1918 Intercoms Catalog
Kellogg 1918 Intercoms Catalog
1918
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American Electric straight shaft desk set
American Electric straight shaft desk set
1904
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James J. Storrow
James J. Storrow
Attorney who masterminded Bell patent litigation
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Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr
Actress and wireless telephony innovator
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Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Hedy Lamarr on the phone
Calvin Souther Fuller
Calvin Souther Fuller
Solar cell co-inventor
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How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire
1953
Happy Days three-slot payphone
Happy Days three-slot payphone
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Hendrik Wade Bode
Hendrik Wade Bode
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Rudolf Kompfner
Rudolf Kompfner
Wave transmission and amplification innovator
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William Shockley
William Shockley
Transistor co-inventor
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Submarine cable
Western Electric ad
1930
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AE PAX
Automatic Electric ad
1919
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Alexander Graham Bell Box Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell Box Telephone
1877
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Donald Genaro
Donald Genaro
Industrial designer
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Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
Wilson after hearing he'd been nominated for president
1912
AT&T Annual Report 1959
AT&T Annual Report 1959
1959
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American Electric
American Electric ad
1902
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Garl Electric Company Desk Set
Garl Electric Company Desk Set
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Helen Repa
Helen Repa
Western Electric hero during the Eastland disaster
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Calling on German payphone
Calling on German payphone
1957
Kellogg No. 97 ad
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1918
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Kellogg 1928 PBX Switchboards catalog
Kellogg 1928 PBX Switchboards catalog
1928
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Russell Tomlinson Potbelly
Bettie Page
Bettie Page
1954
Ericsson
L.M. Ericsson ad
1891
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Evening calling
General Post Office/BT ad
1964
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Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
Churchill uses wireless phone from a tank turret
1941
System Berliner Phone
System Berliner Phone
1915
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Strowger
Automatic Electric ad
1895
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Hose-McCann Model SD Naval Telephone
Hose-McCann Model SD Naval Telephone
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AT&T Annual Report, 1974
AT&T Annual Report, 1974
1974
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L.M. Ericsson & Co. potbelly desk set
L.M. Ericsson & Co. potbelly desk set
1896
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William Francis Channing
William Francis Channing
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Swedish American Telephone Co. potbelly with original decal across the faceplate
Swedish American Telephone Co. potbelly with original decal across the faceplate
1900
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Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
Lady Bird Johnson makes first Picturephone call
1965
Stromberg-Carlson "roman column" desk set
Stromberg-Carlson "roman column" desk set
1897
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Connecticut Telephone 10 button desk set
Connecticut Telephone 10 button desk set
1910
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Monarch 1917 catalog
Monarch 1917 catalog
1917
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Emile Berliner
Emile Berliner
Telephone transmitter innovator
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Charles H. Townes
Charles H. Townes
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Noteworthy Phone And Corkboard
Noteworthy Phone And Corkboard
1964
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Ericsson 1935 catalog (German)
Ericsson 1935 catalog (German)
1935
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Touch Tone Princess (And Color Variants)
Touch Tone Princess (And Color Variants)
1963
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Kellogg 1915 Switchboards catalog
Kellogg 1915 Switchboards catalog
1915
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AT&T Annual Report, 1945
AT&T Annual Report, 1945
1945
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Julius Andrae & Sons Co. No. 7 desk stand
Julius Andrae & Sons Co. No. 7 desk stand
1903
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Silver Dollar Pay Station
Silver Dollar Pay Station
1900
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Gerald Pearson
Gerald Pearson
Solar cell co-inventor
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Homer Dudley
Homer Dudley
Speech synthesis inventor
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Maurice Karnaugh
Maurice Karnaugh
Developed pulse code modulation at Bell Labs
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Hilda Ericsson
Hilda Ericsson
Swedish entrepreneur
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Buckingham Palace phone
Buckingham Palace phone
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Harry Truman
Harry Truman
1945
Miracle on 2nd Avenue
Miracle on 2nd Avenue
1975
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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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Edison televoice writer
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ad
1951
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NE Tel / NYNEX payphone
NE Tel / NYNEX payphone
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Ring Ring album cover
Ring Ring album cover
1973
Kellogg 1926 Catalog
Kellogg 1926 Catalog
1926
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American Speaking Telephone Co. magneto phone
American Speaking Telephone Co. magneto phone
1879
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Martin Cooper
Martin Cooper
Cellular telephony inventor
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AE 1929 catalog
AE 1929 catalog
1929
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Night rates to Europe
AT&T / Bell System ad
1935
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Rope Shaft Candlestick
Rope Shaft Candlestick
1900
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Tucker Telephone
Small Stromberg fiddleback with shield collector
Small Stromberg fiddleback with shield collector
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AT&T Annual Report 1950
AT&T Annual Report 1950
1950
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Emma Nutt
Emma Nutt
First female telephone operator
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Bell system
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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John Bardeen
John Bardeen
Transistor co-inventor
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AT&T Annual Report, 1943
AT&T Annual Report, 1943
1943
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'All the busy executives'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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Italian Onyx Floor Telephone
Italian Onyx Floor Telephone
1960
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Kellogg
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply ad
1922
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American Electric 1920s Catalog
American Electric 1920s Catalog
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Montana Independent Telephone
'Convenience in color'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1957
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Rialto Phone
Rialto Phone
1972
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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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American Electric manufactured for Rev-O-Noc H.S.B. & Co
American Electric manufactured for Rev-O-Noc H.S.B. & Co
1910
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Siemens and Halske FG tst 264
Siemens and Halske FG tst 264
1948
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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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Harry Fuld
Harry Fuld
German telephone entrepreneur
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Gray 10A Shield Paystation
Gray 10A Shield Paystation
1912
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Phonemate Remote 930 ad
Phonemate Inc. ad
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Harold H. Greene
Harold H. Greene
Judge who oversaw AT&T's breakup
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Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton
Western Electric co-founder
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Hitchcock movie promo pic
Hitchcock movie promo pic
1954
Craig McCaw
Craig McCaw
Cellular telephone entrepreneur
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Testing new colors
Western Electric ad
1954
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Werner von Siemens
Werner von Siemens
Siemens founder
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Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
Bob Woodward at the Washington Post
1974
Nickel Candlestick Pat'd 1901
Nickel Candlestick Pat'd 1901
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Harvey Fletcher
Harvey Fletcher
Bell Lab physicist and speech expert
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Keystone Telephone Co. straight shaft desk set
Keystone Telephone Co. straight shaft desk set
1902
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Antonio Meucci
Antonio Meucci
Early telephone innovator
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John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce
Pulse code modulation co-developer
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Phonemate 400 ad
Phonemate Inc. ad
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National Telephone Co. 1903 catalogue
National Telephone Co. 1903 catalogue
1903
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Ericsson potbelly desk set
Ericsson potbelly desk set
1898
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Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
1953
Harold D. Arnold
Harold D. Arnold
First Bell Labs research director
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Julia O'Connor
Julia O'Connor
Telephone labor leader
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Marian Croak
Marian Croak
Voice over IP inventor
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Touch tone
Western Electric ad
1965
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Sharing Your Telephone
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone ad
1917
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Western Telephone 1894 Catalog
Western Telephone 1894 Catalog
1894
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Fifty years of Fuld/TN products
Fifty years of Fuld/TN products
1949
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Western Electric Type 98
Western Electric Type 98
1902
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AE 1A color brochure
Automatic Electric ad
1929
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AT&T Annual Report 1972
AT&T Annual Report 1972
1972
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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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Kid on phone
Kid on phone
1907
Systeme Wich-Deckert desk telephone
Systeme Wich-Deckert desk telephone
1918
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700 SERIES Leich Brochure
700 SERIES Leich Brochure
1953
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James Stewart and Ned Sparks
James Stewart and Ned Sparks
1947
Swedish telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone inventor and patent holder
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Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
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Christmas
AT&T / Bell System ad
1960
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National Telephone
National Telephone Mfg. Co. ad
1895
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Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
Elizabeth Taylor promo pic
1954
Bishnu S. Atal
Bishnu S. Atal
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DB Telekom telefon brochure
DB Telekom telefon brochure
1989
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Ordinary Bell telephone
Ordinary Bell telephone
1880
First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
First mobile telephone service introduced, in St. Louis
1946
Take a letter from A to Z
AT&T / Bell System ad
1946
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Automatic Electric 1940 catalog
Automatic Electric 1940 catalog
1940
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Farr 1914 Catalog
Farr 1914 Catalog
1914
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American Electric Two-Boxer
American Electric Two-Boxer
1905
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Early Charles Williams Telephone
Early Charles Williams Telephone
1879
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Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
Anne Margaret in Bye Bye Birdie
1963
The Story of the Telephone
The Story of the Telephone
1970
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AT&T Annual Report, 1983
AT&T Annual Report, 1983
1983
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Viaduct Telephones
Viaduct Manufacturing ad
1902
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American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1887
American Bell Telephone Annual Report, 1887
1887
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"Eurieult" Type 10 desk telephone
"Eurieult" Type 10 desk telephone
1901
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Kellogg straight shaft with marked transmitter, "Long Distance
Kellogg straight shaft with marked transmitter, "Long Distance
1905
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Robert Metcalfe
Robert Metcalfe
Ethernet Co-inventor
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Stromberg-Carlson 1243
Stromberg-Carlson 1243
1940
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Gower-Bell Telephone
Gower-Bell Telephone
1880
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'Never needs repair'
Western Electric ad
1963
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Kellogg 1941 Catalog
Kellogg 1941 Catalog
1941
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Elbow Perch Candlestick
Elbow Perch Candlestick
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International Telephone Manufacturing Co. tapered shaft desk set
International Telephone Manufacturing Co. tapered shaft desk set
1902
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Vint Cerf
Vint Cerf
TCP/IP co-developer, 'father of the Internet'
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Lady Gaga telephone purse
Lady Gaga telephone purse
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Early Ericsson 'Pulpit-Style' Wall Switchoard
Early Ericsson 'Pulpit-Style' Wall Switchoard
1893
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Contempra
Northern Electric/Telecom ad
1971
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Grillo phone
Siemens ad
1968
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Bell Gallows Frame Phone Transmitter
Bell Gallows Frame Phone Transmitter
1875
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Kellogg 1912 Catalog
Kellogg 1912 Catalog
1912
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Siemens and Halske 25-extension intercom
Siemens and Halske 25-extension intercom
1920
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You And Your Telephone
You And Your Telephone
1959
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Die Telefone der Telekom
Die Telefone der Telekom
1991
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George Clark Southworth
George Clark Southworth
Waveguide developer and radio engineer
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Grillo
Siemens ad
1968
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Lee de Forest
Lee de Forest
Vacuum tube inventor
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Couch and Seeley Potbelly
Couch and Seeley Potbelly
1903
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Clinton Davisson
Clinton Davisson
Bell Labs Nobel prize winner
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Western Electric Experimental Side Hanger Phone
Western Electric Experimental Side Hanger Phone
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Stromberg-Carlson Two Line Adjustaphone
Stromberg-Carlson Two Line Adjustaphone
1903
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The Bell Telephone System 1925-1940
The Bell Telephone System 1925-1940
1941
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Federal Telephone and Telegraph Co. straight shaft desk set
Federal Telephone and Telegraph Co. straight shaft desk set
1915
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Gray Pay Station
Gray Pay Station
1910
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GPO Telephone Service, Explained
GPO Telephone Service, Explained
1961
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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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Julius Andrae desk set
Julius Andrae desk set
1895
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Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot
1970
William Gardner Pfann
William Gardner Pfann
Bell Labs materials scientist
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AT&T long distance advertising (pocket map cover)
AT&T / Bell System ad
1898
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John Draper
John Draper
Famous phone phreak (aka 'Captain Crunch')
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American Electric desk phone
American Electric desk phone
1910
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High Heel Shoe Phone
High Heel Shoe Phone
1987
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Chisholm & Dunn Telephone Appliances Ltd. Desk Set
Chisholm & Dunn Telephone Appliances Ltd. Desk Set
1910
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Western Electric No. 10 black tapered shaft desk telephone
Western Electric No. 10 black tapered shaft desk telephone
1900
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Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co. for the U.S. Coast Guard Signal Corps
Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co. for the U.S. Coast Guard Signal Corps
1907
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Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. founded
1891
Charles K. Kao
Charles K. Kao
Fiber optics and laser innovator
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Ackerman-Boland No. 172 Desk Telephone Plug System
Ackerman-Boland No. 172 Desk Telephone Plug System
1901
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Leich Electric Co. straight shaft desk set
Leich Electric Co. straight shaft desk set
1912
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Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland movie promo photo
1942
Shaver (Public Telephone Co.) Desk Telephone
Shaver (Public Telephone Co.) Desk Telephone
1898
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Lars Magnus Ericsson
Lars Magnus Ericsson
Swedish telephone entrepreneur and inventor
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French engraving with early Bell phones
French engraving with early Bell phones
1880
Ericsson 1901 catalog (English)
Ericsson 1901 catalog (English)
1901
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César Baldaccini cast iron telephone
César Baldaccini cast iron telephone
1994
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Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co split shaft desk set
Sumter Telephone Mfg. Co split shaft desk set
1906
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Prestel
Prestel
1980
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B-R Electric common desk set
B-R Electric common desk set
1910
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Schmidt & Bruckner Electric Company fluted pencil shaft
Schmidt & Bruckner Electric Company fluted pencil shaft
1899
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Irving Penn photo
Irving Penn photo
1949
Groeneveld
Natalie Wood on the phone
Natalie Wood on the phone
1960
Krone “Berlin” Phone
Krone “Berlin” Phone
1973
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George E. Smith
George E. Smith
Charge coupled device inventor
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Western Electric 1882 Catalogue
Western Electric 1882 Catalogue
1882
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'Practical and pretty too'
AT&T / Bell System ad
1962
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Alfred Stromberg
Alfred Stromberg
Stromberg-Carlson founder
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Military Portable Telephone
Military Portable Telephone
1910
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First New York to Chicago phone call
First New York to Chicago phone call
1892
Thomas S. Sanders
Thomas S. Sanders
First investor in Bell Telephone
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