First telephone central office
First telephone central office
1877
Lars Magnus Ericsson
Lars Magnus Ericsson
Swedish telephone entrepreneur and inventor
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Bell liquid transmitter
Bell liquid transmitter
1876
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Doolittle tap bell telephone
Doolittle tap bell telephone
1878
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1879 Coffin
1879 Coffin
1879
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American Speaking Telephone Co. Phone
American Speaking Telephone Co. Phone
1879
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Alexander Graham Bell realizes that sound can be transmitted as a continuous electrical wave.
Alexander Graham Bell realizes that sound can be transmitted as a continuous electrical wave.
1875
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Graham Bell's father and mentor
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Swedish telephone
Western Union Annual Report 1873
Western Union Annual Report 1873
1873
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Viaduct compact coffin phone
Viaduct compact coffin phone
1878
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Charles Williams coffin phone w/accessories
Charles Williams coffin phone w/accessories
1878
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AGB magnetic transmitter
AGB magnetic transmitter
1876
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Western Union contracts with Thomas Edison and Elisha Gray to solve telegraph multiplexing
Western Union contracts with Thomas Edison and Elisha Gray to solve telegraph multiplexing
1873
James J. Storrow
James J. Storrow
Attorney who masterminded Bell patent litigation
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Western Union building
Western Union building
1879
Hilda Ericsson
Hilda Ericsson
Swedish entrepreneur
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Elisha Gray
Elisha Gray
Inventor and Bell competitor
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Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone inventor and patent holder
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Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
Gertrude Mercer McCurdy
Bell promoter (and Hubbard's wife)
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Early Bell Coffin Phone
Early Bell Coffin Phone
1879
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Berliner develops improved telephone transmitter (microphone)
Berliner develops improved telephone transmitter (microphone)
1877
Moses Greeley Parker
Moses Greeley Parker
Early Bell investor, had idea for phone numbers
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George Coy / Connecticut District Tel.
Bell Telephone ad
1877
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Aug 1877 Hubbard report on Bell telephone licensing (transcribed)
Aug 1877 Hubbard report on Bell telephone licensing (transcribed)
1877
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Bell Dec 1878 battery telephone announcement
Bell Dec 1878 battery telephone announcement
1878
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George May Phelps
George May Phelps
Telegraph and telephone innovator
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Francis Blake
Francis Blake
Telephone transmitter inventor
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Thomas Edison Chalk Telephone
Thomas Edison Chalk Telephone
1879
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Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Early telephone innovator
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Theodore Vail
Theodore Vail
Built the AT&T monopoly
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American Speaking Telephone Co. magneto phone
American Speaking Telephone Co. magneto phone
1879
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Bell telephone roadshow
Bell Telephone ad
1877
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Gardiner Greene Hubbard
Gardiner Greene Hubbard
Godfather of the Bell System
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AGB long distance membrane receiver
AGB long distance membrane receiver
1876
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Charles Williams Wall Phone
Charles Williams Wall Phone
1879
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First Ericsson logo
First Ericsson logo
1876
Tivadar Puskás
Tivadar Puskás
Telephone exchange designer
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Bell Telephone Co. becomes National Bell Telephone
Bell Telephone ad
1879
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Charles Williams, Jr.
Charles Williams, Jr.
Telephone and telegraph manufacturer
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Alexander Graham Bell Box Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell Box Telephone
1877
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109 Court St, Boston (Charles Williams Jr.'s shop)
109 Court St, Boston (Charles Williams Jr.'s shop)
1870
Early Charles Williams National Bell Phone
Early Charles Williams National Bell Phone
1879
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Bell's stock certificate in the new company
Bell's stock certificate in the new company
1877
Antonio Meucci
Antonio Meucci
Early telephone innovator
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Thomas S. Sanders
Thomas S. Sanders
First investor in Bell Telephone
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Early Charles Williams Telephone
Early Charles Williams Telephone
1879
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Bell and Watson stage public exhibitions of the telephone
William Francis Channing
William Francis Channing
Early telephone and telegraph innovator
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The Speaking Telephone, Talking Phonograph, and Other Novelties (George Prescott)
The Speaking Telephone, Talking Phonograph, and Other Novelties (George Prescott)
1878
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Bell (Charles Williams) coffin subscriber set
Bell (Charles Williams) coffin subscriber set
1878
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Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton
Western Electric co-founder
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Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
Alexander Graham Bell's wife
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Bell Gallows Frame Phone Transmitter
Bell Gallows Frame Phone Transmitter
1875
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Bell's combined receiver and transmitter
Bell's combined receiver and transmitter
1877
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William Hathaway Forbes
William Hathaway Forbes
Bell early investor and President
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Thomas B. Doolittle
Thomas B. Doolittle
Telephone and copper wire innovator
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National Bell April 1879 pricing circular
National Bell April 1879 pricing circular
1879
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George Willard Coy
George Willard Coy
Developed first local exchange
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William Orton
William Orton
Western Union President
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Thomas A. Watson
Thomas A. Watson
Bell collaborator and co-founder
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Emile Berliner
Emile Berliner
Telephone transmitter innovator
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Bell acquires Edison's carbon button amplifier microphone patents from Western Union
Bell acquires Edison's carbon button amplifier microphone patents from Western Union
1879
Edison Motograph Telephone
Edison Motograph Telephone
1877
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Phelps/Western Union Double Crown Telephone
Phelps/Western Union Double Crown Telephone
1878
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Wall phone with butterstamp receiver/transmitters
Wall phone with butterstamp receiver/transmitters
1878
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Emma Nutt
Emma Nutt
First female telephone operator
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Sanders' original Bell stock certificate
Sanders' original Bell stock certificate
1877
National Bell Wall Phone
National Bell Wall Phone
1879
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Hubbard 1879 report to Bell stockholders and directors
Hubbard 1879 report to Bell stockholders and directors
1879
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