Telephone History Exhibit
In Honor of Doc Porter
Telephones - Residential
Telephones - Business
Touch-ToneŽ Dialing
Western Electric
Movies
Radio Spot
Telephone Sounds
Pay Telephones
Bell System Ads
Remembering the PhoneCenter Store
Telephone Exchanges
Company Symbols
Links
See a few sample pictures of the many, many telephones we have on display.
See a few sample pictures of the business telephone sets and switchboards.
Read about the debut of pushbutton dialing in 1963.
Western Electric was once the manufacturing arm of the Bell System.
Watch Bell System films, including operator training videos and commercials!
Read and listen to an interview of Doc Porter by KUHF's Rod Rice in 2007.
Clicks, ringing and busy signals before electronic switching!
Learn about the history of the pay telephone.
Bring back memories from various advertisements in magazines in the years past.
Remember what it was like to pick out your telephone from a PhoneCenter Store?
Learn what a telephone exchange is and read about some Houston exchanges.
See the famous symbols of the Company.
See links to other telephone-related sites.
