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Bell System structure
Bell System structure
Central Office construction
Central Office construction
end of Bell System
end of Bell System
Bell System growth
Bell System growth
1975: transparent phone
1975: transparent phone
priceless
priceless
public trust
public trust
useful & universal
useful & universal
weavers of speech
weavers of speech
good neighbors
good neighbors
civilization
civilization
1956: Bell System people
1956: Bell System people
1955: baby
1955: baby
1957: payphones are ubiquitous
1957: payphones are ubiquitous
1924: Bell System "army"
1924: Bell System "army"
1938: special services
1938: special services
1928: Pony Express
1928: Pony Express
1915: 8.5 million phones
1915: 8.5 million phones
1953: lineman poem with Rockwell illustratration
1953: lineman poem with Rockwell illustratration
1963: free repairs
1963: free repairs
1953: Western Electric (phone booth)
1953: Western Electric (phone booth)
1931: low cost of local service
1931: low cost of local service
1929: investment in technology
1929: investment in technology
1928: working together
1928: working together
1916: stand and wait
1916: stand and wait
1928: public respons-<br>ibility
1928: public respons-
ibility
1913: telephone doors
1913: telephone doors
1926: 50 years
1926: 50 years
1931: telephone service cost
1931: telephone service cost
1968: get to know Western Electric
1968: get to know Western Electric
1972: gender neutrality
1972: gender neutrality
1955: teletype-<br>writer
1955: teletype-
writer
1930: giants out of the earth
1930: giants out of the earth
1930: expansion
1930: expansion
1930: progress
1930: progress
1950: 900,000 stockholders
1950: 900,000 stockholders
1947: home town folks
1947: home town folks
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  • Pink phones
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  • Rotary-style Reproductions
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  • phones with
    ringing lights
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  • $14,000 phone rental!
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  • historical
  • 1A2 phones & parts
  • ComKey 416 phones & parts
  • Merlin phones & parts
  • Ancient telecom terminology
  • Phone bottom markings
  • "mechanical hold"
    (not quite 1A2)
  • Same model number, different phone
  • Why call it a "key" system?
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