On This Day in Telephone History November 12TH 1954
On This Day in Telephone History November 12TH 1954 Two Miles of Line Wire laid on crossarms of Telephone poles in California mountain country from a Helicopter.
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On This Day in Telephone History November 11TH 1921
On This Day in Telephone History November 11TH 1921 Burial of the “Unknown Soldier” Loudspeakers Interconnected By AT&T Long Distance Telephone Lines. Exercises at burial of the “Unknown Soldier” at Arlington, Virginia, heard by 150,000 people in gatherings at Arlington, New York, and San Francisco, over loudspeakers interconnected by AT&T long distance telephone lines.
On This Day in Telephone History November 10TH 1951
On This Day in Telephone History November 10TH 1951 Trial of Long Distance Customer Dialing began at Englewood, New Jersey. Mayor Denning of Englewood dialed first call to Mayor Osborne at Alameda, California.
On This Day in Telephone History November 9TH 1937
On This Day in Telephone History November 9TH 1937 AT&T’s First Experimental Transmission of Motion Pictures over Telephone Coaxial Cable System. The experimental showing of motion pictures was transmitted over New York – Philadelphia telephone coaxial cable system. The television image contained 240 lines.
On This Day in Telephone History November 8TH 1919
On This Day in Telephone History November 8TH 1919 – First Automatic Switching Exchange in the Bell System was cut into service at Norfolk, Virginia. This exchange used the Automatic Electric step-by-step telephone switching system and was installed for the Bell System by the Automatic Electric Company of Chicago.
On This Day in Telephone History November 7TH 1945
On This Day in Telephone History November 7TH 1945 Overseas Telephone Service to France was restored after World War II
On This Day in Telephone History November 6TH 1930
On This Day in Telephone History November 6TH 1930 Frederick Perry Fish AT&T Patent Lawyer Passed Away. Frederick P. Fish. was a distinguished patent lawyer and a director of AT&T (1901-1907). He was involved in key patent litigation during development of the telephone, air brake, steam turbine, automobile, airplane, and radio, as well as other … Read more
On This Day in Telephone History November 5th 1954
On This Day in Telephone History November 5th 1954 ATT Announces New Wall Telephone Model 554 a.k.a. “The Big Ugly”. The Model 554 Telephone is the companion to the Model 500 desk set designed for convenience the wall set is most often used in the kitchen where counter and table space is at a premium … Read more
On This Day in Telephone History November 4TH 1924
On This Day in Telephone History November 4TH 1924 First Broadcast of Presidential Election Returns as Calvin Coolidge defeated John W. Davis.
On This Day in Telephone History November 3RD 1892
On This Day in Telephone History November 3RD 1892 The First Strowger Switch went into operation in LaPorte, Indiana with 75 subscribers and capacity for 99.