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View
issues of Bell Telephone Magazine and other
publications and videos.
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| Telephones
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See a few sample pictures of vintage telephones made by
Western Electric, the manufacturing arm of the Bell System.
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Telephones
- Business
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See a few sample pictures of the business telephone sets and
switchboards like ones we have on display at the museum.
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Touch-ToneŽ
Dialing
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Read about the debut of pushbutton dialing in 1963
and how it changed the way we use the telephone.
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Western
Electric
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Western Electric was once the manufacturing arm of
the Bell System. Read some interesting information
regarding WECO.
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Movies
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Watch Bell
System films, including operator training videos
and commercials! Even see Audrey Meadows featured
in "Invisible Diplomats."
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Telephone
Sounds
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Clicks, ringing and busy signals from the phone
company before electronic switching!
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| Pay
Telephones |
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Learn about the history of
the pay telephone and also see some early Bell System
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System Ads |
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Bring back
memories when you look at various advertisements for the
phones and services
seen in magazines in the years past.
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Remembering
the PhoneCenter
Store
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Remember
what it was like to pick out your telephone from a
PhoneCenter Store? Take a tour.
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Telephone
Exchanges
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Learn what a telephone exchange is and read about some Houston
exchanges.
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Company
Symbols
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See the famous symbols that have belonged to the Bell System
and
Southwestern Bell,
SBC, and AT&T.
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| Links |
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See links to other
telephone-related sites. Thanks to the ones who
have contributed
pictures to this site and those who have been kind
enough to provide a link to our site from theirs. |
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