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Strowger Automatic - A Sixty Year Report - 1892-1952
12 pages. Automatic Electric. Contributed by Jan Verhelst STROWGER AUTOMATIC A·Sixty Year Report reprinted from employees edition of · liftP ;X published by Automatic Electric Company 4UTDMATIC ELECTRIC La Porte, Indiana, the " Maple City," now a me...
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WE 1 XB - NO.1 XBAR Plant Training IL Bell Oct52
Contributed by John Novack. , , , This text book has been prepared t o describe briefly the general features of the Crossbar System, t h e b, 1 Crossbar Sgstem and a condensed description of a No. 1 Crossbar t o Crossbar call, TRe iniawation contained...
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SC Catalog 1949
Stromberg Carlson Catalog 1949. Please send scans of any other available sections to help complete this document! Scanned for the TCI Library by John Novack. Bookmarks and Processing by Paul Fassbender. Sections: A MAGNETO TELEPHONES B MAGNETO...
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The History Of Lincoln Telephone And Telegraph 1955 Ocr Op R
55 pages. 7MB. [Note: There is a larger file in the Archive.] Contributed by Steve Cichorsky. OCR by Clint Gilliland. , a story of free enterprise Dedicated to Those Hardy Pioneers of the Industry By Whose Labors These Things Have Come to Pass...
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The History Of Lincoln Telephone And Telegraph 1955 Ocr R
55 pages. 45MB. [Archived version. See smaller version.] Contributed by Steve Cichorsky. OCR by Clint Gilliland. , a story of free enterprise Dedicated to Those Hardy Pioneers of the Industry By Whose Labors These Things Have Come to Pass Copyright...
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468.002
Contributed by John Novack. . fSQ!lUQl#Q(. f . . . .• . ·. ...._ ·.·.. SECTION 468.002 Apparatus Requirements and Adjusting Procedures AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Department of Development and Research Bell Tele~hone Laboratories, Inc....
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WE WECO-881 May30 - Police Radio Telelephone Equipment
22 pages. Includes transmitters, microphones, and short wave radio receivers. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky. Downloaded from the TCI Library www.telephonecollectors.info Western Electric Police Radio Telephone Equipment . Copyrigiit, 1930, by W'estern...
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SC Catalog 1967 - 1 Sec. B - T-920 i1 67ca - CO Equipment
Scanned for the TCI Library by John Novack. Bookmarks and Processing by Paul Fassbender. T 920 ISSUE I STROIVIBERG CARLSON CENTRAL OFFICE EQUIPMENT (~ TCI Library https: www.telephonecollectors.info , T 920 ISSUE I STROIVIBERG CARLSON CENTRAL OFFICE...
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CD-26077
Please send some good keywords to be added here. Contributed by Martin Harriss. Processed by Paul Fassbender. CD 26077 01 ISSUE 3D APPENDIX 2B DWG ISSUE l 7B CIRCUIT DESCRIPI'ION 10 CROSSBAR SYSTEMS NO. 5 INCOMING TRUNK CIRCUIT WITH OR WITHOUT TANDEM...
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A468.002 I2
Contributed by John Novack. 1 SECTION A468.002 Issue 2 D,10 31 30 Standard BELL SYSTEM PRACTICES Central Office Maintenance Apparatus Requirements and Adjusting Procedures SELECTORS 200 AND 206 TYPES AND h '·; 'f.· ."I BANKS l. 1.01 This section covers...
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The San Francisco Earthquake Of 1906
Information regarding restoration of telephone service in 1906. Excerpt of a Scan From The Perlinger Collection “An Historical Review of the San Francisco Exchange” The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Copyright 1927 Quote “Before the walls...
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A Guide to Western Electric's Montgomery Works
Plant tour brochure date unknown. Montgomery, Illinois "The Data Set Capital of the Bell System." Contributed by Steve Cichorsky. OCR by Paul Fassbender. TO OUR VISITORS: Welcome to the Western Electric company's Montgomery works in the heart of...
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A446.003 I1
Contributed by John Novack. SECTION J.4..i6.003 Issue 1 D, 5 8 31 Standard BELL SYSTEM PRACTICES Central Office Maintenance Apparatus Requirements and Adjusting Procedures ELEVATOR .APPARATUS PANEL LINE FINDER 1. l GENERAL trip finger away trom its back...
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AE Catalog 4055-D Jul44 - Telephones
6MB. July, 1944. 4055D Supercedes 4055 C. Contributed by Steve Cichorsky. OCR and size reduction by Clint Gilliland. I DEI C.8. Monophones 7 17 C.8. Telephones, Misc. 18 23 L.8. MODOphones 24 2& L.B. TelephoDes, ise.' 27 28 iDger Boxes 29 31 Signal,...
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AE Catalog 4055-C Jun40 - Telephones
62 pages. Contributed by Paul Fassbender. INDEX C.B. Muoplaoau 7 17 C.B. Telephoau, Misc. 11 23 L.B. M1111opho1111 24·Z& L.B. T1lepho11es, Miic. 27·21 Bha111 Dozes 29·31 Sigqls. Mi.rcellueom 31 32 Telephu Pam 33.39 Accessories IDll Tools 40:.C4...
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Kellogg Catalog 91 - Magneto Telelephones, Switchboards & Apparatus
76 pages, 17MB. Includes Masterphones (No. 700), Grabaphones, upright desk stands and wood. Contributed by John Novack. Bookmarked and processed by Paul Fassbender. SWITCHBOARDS TELEPHONES APPARATUS SUPPLIES }I . j' \ l (.) ( . IV\ ' {"' 1 v I l } !t...
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Tales From the Vienna Directory for 1943 Part 1 Lest We Forget
Prejudice and hate can sometimes be found "hidden in plain view." In this article, Herbert takes a look at some troubling listings found Vienna telephone directory from 1943. It's not pleasant reading but there's a lesson there for those who are...
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Automatic Telephone Practice - Harry E. Hershey - 1917
188 pages. AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE PRACTICE BY HARRY E. HERSHEY PUBLISHED BY HARRY E. HERSHEY MERRIAM PARK, ST. PAUL, MINN. TO MY FATHER COPYRIGHT 1917 BY HARRY E. HERSHEY CONTENTS. CHAPTER L Theory of the One Hundred Line System—Numbering Scheme Used in...
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48Spring BTM P9 Public Telephones
"Public Telephones: They Serve Everybody" Bell Telephone Magazine. Booths, Telemobile, Telecart. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. A Three fold Program of Improvement, Instituted since The War, Promises Better Service for Customers and a Consequent Gain in...
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1935 Gray Telephone Pay Stations Catalog ocr tci CH
Paystations. Contributed by Chuck Hensley. TCI Library www.telephonecollectors.info THE GRAY TELEPHONE THIS VOLUME PRESENTED IS TO OF PAY STATION COMPANY TCI Library www.telephonecollectors.info T E L E P H0 N E P A Y STATIONS Yesterday Today...
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