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On This Day in Telephone History May 15TH 1880

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On This Day in Telephone History May 15TH 1880 the first telephone exchange in West Virginia opened at Wheeling. The Central District and Printing Telegraph Company installed a telephone switchboard in the basement of the Peoples Bank of Wheeling Building, establishing West Virginia’s first Central Office. Among Wheeling’s first telephone operators were Harry Drummond and Miss Mattie Miner.

On This Day in Telephone History May 15TH 1880 the first telephone exchange in West Virginia opened at Wheeling. The Central District and Printing Telegraph Company installed a telephone switchboard in the basement of the Peoples Bank of Wheeling Building, establishing West Virginia’s first Central Office. One of Wheeling’s first boy operators was Harry Drummond … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History May 13TH 1916

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On This Day in Telephone History On May 13TH 1916 the first flag was flown from ATT’s Headquarters at 195 Broadway, NYC in honor of New York's Preparedness Parade. This was a United States flag, 25 x 40 feet in size, flown on a staff 137 feet above the roof-360 feet from the curb.

On This Day in Telephone History, May 13TH 1916, the first flag was flown from ATT Headquarters in honor of New York's Preparedness Parade. This was a United States flag, 25 x 40 feet in size, flown on a staff 137 feet above the roof-360 feet from the curb at 195 Broadway in NYC.

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On This Day in Telephone History May 11TH 1877

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On This Day in Telephone History May 11TH 1877 – Alexander Graham Bell gave a preview demonstration of “telephone over wire” from Brooklyn, N. Y., to the St. Denis Hotel at Eleventh Street and Broadway in Greenwich Village, New York City.

On This Day in Telephone History May 11TH 1877 – Alexander Graham Bell gave a preview demonstration of “Telephone Over Wire” from Brooklyn, N. Y., to the St. Denis Hotel at Eleventh Street and Broadway in Greenwich Village,  New York City. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 Smile for Us 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

On This Day in Telephone History May 10TH 1877

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On This Day in Telephone History May 10TH 1877 the White House get its First Telephone. President Rutherford B. Hayes has the White House’s first telephone installed in the mansion’s telegraph room. The Treasury Department possessed the only other direct phone line to the White House at that time. The White House phone number was “1.” Phone service was in its infancy in 1877 and it would be more than 50 years until the first telephone line was installed in the Oval Office.

On This Day in Telephone History May 10TH 1877 the White House gets its First Telephone. President Rutherford B. Hayes has the White House’s first telephone installed in the mansion’s telegraph room. The Treasury Department possessed the only other direct phone line to the White House at that time. The White House phone number was … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History May 8TH 1911

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On This Day in Telephone History May 8TH 1911 Telephone Service established between New York and Denver. This was a distance limit for open wire telephone lines which were equipped with loading coils but without repeaters.

On This Day in Telephone History May 8TH 1911 Telephone Service established between New York and Denver. This was a distance limit for open wire telephone lines which were equipped with loading coils but without repeaters.   give your face a rest and Smile for awhile